Service difficulty report · Water Separator · Airbus A300F4622R

Difficulty date
August 8, 2006
Submitted
August 9, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N126UP
Make and model
Airbus A300F4622R
Aircraft serial
0810
Part
Water Separator
Condition
Odor
Stage of operation
CR
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 4 FLT HOURS HYD FUMES PRESENT. BOTH CREW MEMBERS EXPERIENCED MILD EYE, NOSE AND THROAT IRRITATION. FOUND REDUCING FLOW WITH LEFT PACK OFF HELPED. NO IMPROVEMENT IN FUME LEVEL. REMOVED AND REPLACED LT AND RT WATER SEPARATOR COALESER WITH THE ENG RUNNING. SMELL APPEARS TO GO AWAY. SMELL CAME BACK WITH THE APU RUNNING. PURGED SENSE LINES ON BLUE, GREEN AND YELLOW SYS RESERV OF HYD FLUID (RESIDUAL). REMOVED AND REPLACED BOTH WATER SEP BAGS PER MM 21-51-16-4. GROUND RAN ENGS. PURGED SENSE LINES BETWEEN YELLOW SYS AND PACKS PER MM 20041-11-00. OPS CK GOOD.

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