Service difficulty report · Bleed Air Syst · Fokker F28MK4000

Difficulty date
September 25, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N475AU
Make and model
Fokker F28MK4000
Aircraft serial
11222
Part
Bleed Air Syst
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
TO
Nature of condition
B, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

GEG- AFTER TAKEOFF, SMOKE NOTICED IN THE CABIN. LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR ALSO WENT OFF. RETURNED TO THE FIELD AND ACCOMPLISHED AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. GROUND RAN BOTH ENGINES AT MAXIMUM POWER WITH BOTH THE COCKPIT AND CABIN AIR CONDITIONING PACKS ON. PROBLEM WAS ABLE TO BE DUPLICATED. PERFORMED AN ENGINE RUN FOR 1 HOUR, AND COMPLIED WITH MAINTENANCE TASK CARD NR 8301001 (BLEED AIR SYSTEM BLOW OUT). AFTER ENGINE RUN CLEANED AND INSPECTED BOTH WATER SEPARATOR SOCKS, NO DEFECTS NOTICED. COMPLIED WITH A TEST FLIGHT, RESULTS WERE SATISIFACTORY. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. NO COMPONENTS REPLACED. REFERENCE ODR NR QXEA9700583 FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION FOR THE APU.

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