Service difficulty report · Filter Element · Airbus A330223

Difficulty date
December 26, 2008
Submitted
January 15, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N860NW
Make and model
Airbus A330223
Aircraft serial
00778
Aircraft time
11,065 hours, 1,494 cycles
Part
Filter Element
Condition
Dirty
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

SMOKE IN THE CABIN AFTER TAKE OFF, MOST CONCENTRATED IN AREA OF ROW 5, FOLLOWED COM AND ISOLATED THE SOURCE TO BE PACK 2 AIR SUPPLY. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO PEK AND LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. INSPECTED CABIN OVERHEAD CEILING AREA, LIGHTING BALLAST, IN FLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM, PACK VALVES, APU AND ENGINE FOR OIL LEAK AND THE HP VALVE AND HYDRAULIC LINE THAT HAD JUST BEEN REPLACED, NO DISCREPANCIES FOUND. THE 4 FORWARD RECIRCULATION FILTERS WERE REPLACED AND RAN THE ENGINES AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE DISCREPANCY. SUBSEQUENT MX REPLACED THE OZONE CONVERTER.

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