Service difficulty report · Fan · Emb EMB120ER

Difficulty date
August 17, 2001
Submitted
August 21, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N290SW
Make and model
Emb EMB120ER
Aircraft serial
120317
Aircraft time
12,776 hours, 18,401 cycles
Part
Fan
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Cabin Cooling
Stage of operation
TX
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

AFTER SHUTDOWN, WITH APU ON AND SET TO AUTO-NORM, CABIN FILLED WITH SMOKE. NO COCKPIT INDICATIONS AND PACKS STILL BLOWING COOL AIR. PER CONVERSATION WITH THE CAPTAIN, SMOKE WAS NOTICED ON LANDING ROLL. WHILE INVESTIGATING CAUSE, RIGHT GROUND COOLING FAN SHUT DOWN AND THEN RESTARTED AFTER TEN TO FIFTEEN SECONDS. SUSPECT GROUND COOLING FAN ON RIGHT SIDE INTERMITTENT. INSTALLED SERVICEABLE UNIT. OPS CHECK GOOD ON DECK. SN ON 179 SN OFF 164.

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