Service difficulty report · Duct · Doug DC951

Difficulty date
October 29, 2007
Submitted
October 31, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N782NC
Make and model
Doug DC951
Aircraft serial
48107
Aircraft time
64,789 hours, 60,240 cycles
Part
Duct
Condition
Loose
Location
Acm
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

AS THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED OUT WITH BOTH PACKS CONTROLS SET TO "COLD", THE FO NOTICED THAT THE RIGHT PACK WAS INDICATING 94 DEGREES AND THE RIGHT VALVE SHOWED FULL HOT. THE CREW SELECTED MANUAL PACK CONTROL AND WENT TO FULL COLD. THE LEAD FLIGHT ATTENDANT NOTIFIED THE COCKPIT THAT THERE WAS VISIBLE SMOKE IN THE CABIN AND THE AFT LAVATORIES SMOKE DETECTORS WERE SOUNDING. FLIGHT CREW PERFORMED EMERGENCY COM PROCEDURES AND RETURNED TO A NORMAL SAFE LANDING BACK AT MEM. MAINTENANCE REPLACED BOTH WATER SEPARATORS, INSPECTED ALL APPLICABLE DUCTS AND VALVES, AND EACH ENGINE AND APU INTAKES FOR EVIDENCE OF OIL LEAKS OR FOD INGESTION. NO SOURCE OF SMOKE FOUND AND ACM DUCT WAS ONLY ONE FOUND TO BE LOOSE. OPERATIONAL CHECK OF SYSTEM WAS GOOD AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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