Service difficulty report · Oxygen Gen · Boeing 7673CB

Difficulty date
October 12, 2007
Submitted
December 1, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N592HA
Make and model
Boeing 7673CB
Aircraft serial
33468
Aircraft time
17,464 hours, 3,401 cycles
Part
Oxygen Gen
Part number
11900311
Part serial
302362
Condition
Fire
Location
Pbe
Part time
17,470 hours, 3,402 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

PBE (S/N 302362) WAS REMOVED FOR TIME, AND NEEDED TO BE SCRAPED. THE OXYGEN GENERATOR NEEDED TO BE DEPLOYED AND SENT TO HAZMAT FOR DISPOSAL. OPENED THE SEALED WRAP AND PEELED OPEN THE HOOD MASK. DEPLOYED THE OXYGEN GENERATOR AND WITHIN TWO (2) SECONDS, THE MASK STARTED TO BURN. HEARD SMALL (POP) NOISE AFTER DEPLOYMENT AND FLAMES STARTED TO SHOOT OUT FROM THE OXYGEN GENERATOR CANISTER. THE SMALL TUBE (CANDLE) SEPARATED FROM THE MAIN CANISTER.

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