Service difficulty report · Cooling Turbine · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
October 19, 2006
Submitted
October 24, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N840HK
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145341
Aircraft time
13,570 hours, 12,133 cycles
Part
Cooling Turbine
Part number
8152403
Part serial
9912032
Condition
Smoke
Part time
13,302 hours, 12,579 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

FLT NR 7956 - DTW - STRONG ODOR OF SMOKE IN COCKPIT AND CABIN. VISUAL INDICATION OF SMOKE IN COCKPIT AND FROM ROW 14 TO THE BACK. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT FOR THE SOURCE OF THE SMOKE AND DETERMINED THAT THE NR 1 COOLING TURBINE HAD FAILED. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE NR 1 COOLING TURBINE AND OPS CHECKED WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED.

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