SDR VTZA97551

Service difficulty report · Coalescer · Bag JETSTM3201

Difficulty date
September 11, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N474UE
Make and model
Bag JETSTM3201
Aircraft serial
849
Part
Coalescer
Condition
Dirty
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
TX
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

FLT 6593 - JFK-BOS - DURING TAXI, EXPERIENCED AND ODOR AND WHAT SEEMED TO BE SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE FRONT AUX HEATER VENT. THE A/C DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, STOPPED AND DEPLANED THE PAX ON THE RAMP. MX CONTROL WAS NOTIFIED. MX PERSONNEL WERE SENT TO JFK AND DISPATCHED TO THE A/C. MX TECH FOUND THAT THE RT PACK FILTER SOCK WAS CLOGGED WITH OIL AND WATER, FROM THE RUNNING OF THE AIR-CONDITIONING UNIT. THE MECHANIC CLEANED THE SOCK AS BEST AS POSSIBLE AND DEFERRED THE RT PACK UNDER MEL NR 21-1, CAT-C. THE A/C WAS RELEASED FOR SERVICE. MX CLOSED DMI57797, ON 9-13-97 BY PERFORMING OPS CHECK. A/C OPS CHECK OK. A/C WAS RELEASE FOR SERVICE. (M)