Service difficulty report · Plug · Emb ERJ190100IGW

Difficulty date
May 30, 2009
Submitted
June 2, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N183JB
Make and model
Emb ERJ190100IGW
Aircraft serial
19000007
Aircraft time
9,931 hours, 6,158 cycles
Engine
Ge CF3410E6
Part
Plug
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Nr 1 & 2 Engines
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER T/O AND THRUST APPLICATION STRONG ODOR SMELLED IN COCKPIT AND CABIN (SIMILAR TO WAXY BURNT OIL OR SOAPY MISTY SMELL). DECLARED EMERGENCY, APPLIED QRH PROCEDURE. FUMES E3 RETURNED TO KFLL, IFE CK SELECTED. AS PER FIM 212000810801A PERFORMED DETAILED VISUAL INSPECTION OF NR 1 AND NR 2 ENGINES FOUND EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF ANTI SEIZE COMPOUND AROUND BORO PLUGS ON NR 1 ENG COMPOUND WAS BURNT CAKED ON AND CREW MEMBER VERIFIED SMELL TO BE THAT FOUND IN COCKPIT AND CABIN. CLEANED AREA AND VERIFIED ODOR ONLY PRESENT DURING NR 1 ENG HIGH POWER OPERATION. NO ODOR PRESENT AT NR 2 ENGINE HIGH POWER OPERATION. HIGH POWER ENG RUN PERFORMED AS PER ESM 720000 ALL OTHER ENG OPS NORMAL. A DEFERRED ITEM "ENG 1 BLEED INOP DUE TO ODOR FROM ANTI-SEIZE USED IN ENGINE" WAS ENTERED. THE DEFERRED ITEM WAS CORRECTED, TROUBLESHOOT PER FIM 21-20-00-810-806, RAN NR 1 ENG, NO FAULTS. AIRCRAFT OK FOR SERVICE.

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