Service difficulty report · Unknown · Emb EMB120ER

Difficulty date
April 12, 2010
Submitted
April 12, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N71GL
Make and model
Emb EMB120ER
Aircraft serial
120071
Aircraft time
41,310 hours, 44,977 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW118
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

IMMEDIATELY AFTER LIFTOFF, SMOKE WAS SMELLED IN COCKPIT, THEN SMOKE WAS VISIBLE. VISIBLE SMOKE AND ODOR WERE NOTICED IN COCKPIT BEFORE THEY WERE APPARENT IN CABIN. PACKS WERE TURNED OFF AND ALL BLEED VALVES CLOSED AND SMOKE DISSIPATED. MX RAN BOTH PACKS OFF OF APU BLEED IN ALL SETTING AND NO SMOKE OR ODOR WAS NOTICED. MX THEN RAN THE NR 2 ENG WITH ENG BLEED AND APU BLEED WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. MX THEN STARTED NR 1 ENG AND PERFORMED SAME FUNCTIONS AS NOTED ABOVE WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. MX INSPECTED THE LT AND RT PACKS AS WELL AS THE AIR CYCLE MACHINE FOR ANY OBVIOUS DEFECTS AND NONE WERE NOTED. MX ALSO LISTENED TO THE AIR CYCLE MACHINE AND GROUND COOLING FAN FOR ANY UNUSUAL NOISES AND NONE WERE HEARD. NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED AT THE TIME.

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