Service difficulty report · Duct · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
July 5, 2016
Submitted
July 7, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N665BC
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145783
Aircraft time
31,378 hours, 27,101 cycles
Part
Duct
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bleed Air Sys
Stage of operation
NR
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

ENROUTE, CREW EXPERIENCED AN ODOR OF SMOKE AND HAZE IN THE COCKPIT. COMPLIED WITH AOM VOL 1 PROCEDURES, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED. CRF CLEARED THE AIRCRAFT. DURING TROUBLESHOOTING FOR SMOKE & FUMES, FOUND NR 1 BLEED DUCT CRACKED AT ELBOW NEAR ROW 17 - 18 WHERE DUCT TRANSITIONS TO BELLY OF AIRCRAFT. R & R THE DUCT ASSY IAW AMM 36-11-09. DURING TROUBLESHOOTING OF SMOKE/FUMES IN COCKPIT NOTED THAT THE NR 1 ACM APPEARS SEIZED, IT IS NOT DWG AIR IN AND THERE IS LITTLE AIR FLOW COMING OUT THE EXHAUST. R & R NR1 PACK ACM IAW 21-51-03, AMM. OPS CHECK, LEAK CHECKS GOOD.

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