Service difficulty report · Heater · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
October 12, 2009
Submitted
October 12, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N218UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
30222
Aircraft time
35,655 hours, 4,398 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW40903
Part
Heater
Part number
S210W0041
Condition
Odor
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

LEFT PACK RUNNING OIL ODOR IN COCKPIT. ACP'D POWER RUN OF BOTH ENGINES, OPERATED PACKS TO ISOLATE SOURCE OF ODOR. FOUND ODOR PRESENT ONLY WHEN LEFT TRIM AIR SELECTED ON AND HEAT DEMANDED. CONDITION EXISTS REGARDLESS OF AIR SOURCE. ODOR NOT PRESENT WITH RIGHT PACK REGARDLESS OF AIR SOURCE. ODOR DISSIPATES WITH LEFT TRIM AIR DE-SELECTED. NEED FLT DECK AIR DISTRIBUTION MUFFLERS, ODOR ONLY OCCURS WHEN LT TRIM VALVE OPEN ON LT PACK. ODOR IS ONLY IN COCKPIT AREA, MUFFLER LOCATED FWD PIT LT SIDEWALL ACROSS FROM DOOR.