Service difficulty report · A/C Pack · Cndair CL6002D24

Difficulty date
August 12, 2012
Submitted
August 12, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N906FJ
Make and model
Cndair CL6002D24
Aircraft serial
15006
Aircraft time
23,584 hours, 18,663 cycles
Part
A/C Pack
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Ac Bay
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

SMOKE ODOR IN CABIN - POSSIBLE RIGHT PACK EVENT OCCURRED ON DESCENT. NO VISIBLE SMOKE BUT HAD SMOKE ODOR. CREW SUSPECTED RIGHT PACK AND TURNED IT OFF. SMELL OF SMOKE DISSIPATED MOMENTARILY THEN CAME BACK. AT THAT TIME, THE CREW TURNED OFF BOTH PACKS AND CONTINUED TO LAND THE PLANE. THE PACK INDICATION WAS NORMAL THE WHOLE TIME. BLEED SOURCE WAS THE ENGINES - APU WAS OFF. THE CREW DID NOT DECLARE AN EMERGENCY BUT ADVISED TOWER OF THEIR SITUATION AND WAS GRANTED RUNWAY PREFERENCE. THE CREW ASKED THAT THE FIRE DEPT MEET THEM AT THE GATE. MX PLACED THE PACK ON MEL AND VERIFIED FAULT CLEARED WITH ENGINE RUNS.