SDR IXXA96119

Service difficulty report · Cargo Container · Doug DC871F

Difficulty date
July 31, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N821BX
Make and model
Doug DC871F
Aircraft serial
45811
Part
Cargo Container
Condition
Fumes
Location
Cargo Compt
Stage of operation
CL
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
G, J, A

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

What was found

ON CLIMB-OUT FROM TOL, FUMES ENTERED THE FLIGHT DECK, THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO TOL. THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM LOCATED THE SOURCE OF THE FUMES. THE FUMES WERE GENERATED BY NON-HAZARDOUS MATERIAL, AUTOMOTIVE PARTS, IN THE POSITION 4, UPPER DECK CONTAINER. THE PARTS WERE REMOVED AND THE AIRCRAFT RELOADED AND DEPARTED. THE MANUFACTURER INDICATED DURING THE MANUFACTURE PROCESS OF THE PARTS, THEY ARE CLEANED AND COATED WITH A CHEMICAL WHICH IS SPUN DRY, BAKED, AND THEN AIR DRIED FOR 24 HOURS TO DISSIPATE THE FUMES. THE ORIGINATING SHIPPING POINT HUMIDITY HAS BEEN EXTREMELY HIGH WHICH POSSIBLY HAMPERED THE AIR DRY FUME DISSIPATION. (M)

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