Service difficulty report · Engine · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
December 13, 2017
Submitted
December 14, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N692AE
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
14500866
Aircraft time
33,097 hours, 28,313 cycles
Engine
Allsn AE3007A
Part
Engine
Condition
Odor
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

LEVEL @ 16000' BOTH ACS ON BUILDING CHEMICAL LIKE SMELL WAS DETECTED BY BOTH FLIGHT CREW MEMBERS AND ALSO THE F/A WHEN SHE CAME TO THE FORWARD CABIN. THE SMELL WAS IRRITATING TO THE THROAT. "TRANSFERRED TO NRWC 692-CMI-03243"-C/A-TRANSFERRED FROM NRWC 692-CMI-03243 FOUND ODOR EVENT TO BE CAUSED BY RESIDUAL GLYCOL INGESTION INTO L/H ENG, AFTER CLEANING L/H ENG INLET AND PERFORMING SATISFACTORY ETN-EM-72-034 WITH NO ODORS PRESENT TRIAD GROUP APPROVES RETURN TO SERVICE OF THIS A/C - END PERFORMED ETN-EM-72-034. ODOR APPEARS TO BE COMING FROM ENGINE #1. STRONGEST ODOR NOTICED WHILE OPERATING PACK 1 OFF OF #1 ENGINE BLEED BUT DISSIPATED THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THE HIGH POWER ENGINE RUN. HAD TO STOP ENGINE RUNS AFTER STEP 6 TO HAVE MORE FUEL PUT ON TO CONTINUE RUNS. WHILE WAITING FOR REFUELING, INSPECTED ENGINE 1 INLET AREA AND FOUND WHAT APPEARED TO BE GLYCOL WICKING FROM THE ACOUSTIC LINER OF THE INTAKE. THE BOTTOM OF THE INTAKE WAS VERY WET. AFTER FUELING, THE REMAINDER OF THE REQUIRED ENGINE RUNS WERE COMPLETED AND SMELLS SEEMED TO DISSIPATE THROUGHOUT THE RUNS. INSPECTED THE #1 INLET AGAIN AND FOUND IT TO BE CONSIDERABLY DRIER THAN PREVIOUSLY NOTED. SUSPECT ODOR EVENT WAS CAUSED BY GLYCOL WICKING FROM THE INTAKE ACOUSTIC LINER AND BEING SUCKED INTO THE INLET OF THE ENGINE. SUGGEST PERFORMING ETN-EM-72-034 AGAIN TO SEE IF NO FURTHER SMELLS ARE NOTED. PER GENERAL MAINTNENANCE KNOWLEDGE CLEANED INTAKE BEFORE PERFORMING RUNS, C/W ETN-EM-72-034 FOR SECOND TIME FOUND N

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