SDR GAIA00388

Service difficulty report · Duct · Boeing 727223

Difficulty date
July 12, 2000
Submitted
September 6, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N6808
Make and model
Boeing 727223
Aircraft serial
19483
Part
Duct
Part number
2380
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Acm
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

FLT 2016 - MHR-IND - CLIMBING OUT OF 10,000 FEET SEVERAL SMOKE DETECTOR LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO MHR. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DIFFICULTIES. THE FREIGHT WAS OFF LOADED AND THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF FIRE OR SMOKE. SECURED LOOSE WIRING BEHIND THE SMOKE DETECTOR PANEL, AND RELEASED THE AIRCRAFT FOR AN EVALUATION FLIGHT. THE EVALUATION FLIGHT REVEALED THE SAME CONDITION AS BEFORE. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS OIL RESIDUE IN THE DUCTING FROM A PREVIOUS APU OIL LEAK CORRECTION. CLEARED OIL RESIDUE, REPLACED THE WATER SEPARATOR COALESCER BAGS AND THE SYSTEM OPERATIONALLY CHECKED GOOD. ALSO REPLACED ALL NINE SMOKE DETECTORS. THE