Service difficulty report · Coalescer Bag · Swrngn SA227AT

Difficulty date
October 30, 2013
Submitted
November 4, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N556UP
Make and model
Swrngn SA227AT
Aircraft serial
AT556
Aircraft time
20,034 hours, 22,236 cycles
Part
Coalescer Bag
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Cabin Air
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

DURING CLIMBOUT CROSSING 7,000 MSL, PILOT NOTICE A LIGHT HAZE ACROSS AVIONICS. PILOT TURNED ON INTERIOR LIGHTS AND NOTICED A HAZE VAPOR FROM THE COCKPIT TO THE REAR CARGO BAYS. PILOT ISOLATED THE ISSUE BY TURNING OFF THE RADAR AND BLEED AIR SYSTEM. RETURNED TO DEPARTURE. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED ENGINE RUN WITH ACFT SYSTEM IN SAME CONFIGURATION AS IN FLIGHT AND DISCOVERED ACM WATER SEPARATOR DIRTY AND SOAKED. CLEANED WATER SEPARATOR PERFORMED GROUND OPS CHECK AND OPS CHECK FLIGHT ALL OPS CHECKS GOOD.