Service difficulty report · Duct · Airbus A300B4622R

Difficulty date
July 18, 2018
Submitted
July 19, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N726FD
Make and model
Airbus A300B4622R
Aircraft serial
575
Aircraft time
52,795 hours, 27,353 cycles
Part
Duct
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Ecs
Stage of operation
UK
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, P
Precautionary procedure
G

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

J/S REPORTED AN OILY ODOR IN COURIER COMP. WITH VISIBLE OILY SMOKE. THE FIRST OFFICER STATED THAT JUMPSEATERS NOTIFIED THE CREW THAT OILY SMOKE WAS COMING UP THROUGH THE FLOOR VENTS. F/O VERIFIED THAT IT WAS NOT CONDENSATION & WAS OILY SMOKE. NO SMOKE OR ODOR WAS DETECTED IN THE COCKPIT. COMPLAINT HAPPENED JUST AFTER THE F/O CRANKED THE TEMPERATURE UP IN THE COURIER COMPARTMENT. WHEN THE F/O CRANKED IT BACK TO COOL, T/S PER TSM 21-20-00 FIG 210. PERFORMED NUMEROUS DUCT BURNOUT WITH APU & ENGINES WITH BOTH PACKS. THE LAST BURN OUT, HAD NO ODOR. A/C JUST CAME OUT OF C-CHECK. SUSPECT HYD CONTAMINATION DURING CHECK. THERE IS NO CURRENT HYD LEAKS. THERE WAS CONTAMINATION IN THE PNEUMATIC DUCTS VIUALLY.

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