Headfake14
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All this funk in the industry lately...thought we could use a break.
So...many moons ago. I was an ATR-72 captain at ASA.
FO says there is lav juice all over the rear of the underside. I take a look, sure enough, from the aft nav light it a light/dark blue color all the way to the gear bay...which is highly unusual for the lav stains to be that far fwd. FAs, at the same time, tell me of a strong bad smell in the cabin.
Enter MTC...we open some access panels on the gear bay and about vomited instaneously...the smell was SO strong. After catching our breath and allowing the bay to vent...we could see where about a 5 inch deep pool of lav fluid had been due to the dry "water line" all over the inside belly.
NO WAY was I flying this thing...it was rancid. The Deltamatic showed reason for A/C refusal was "BAD ODOR". haha. It didn't fly for days except to MCN to get cleaned out...bad possibility of corrosion from the lav fluid. A seal on the blue juice tank failed.
So...many moons ago. I was an ATR-72 captain at ASA.
FO says there is lav juice all over the rear of the underside. I take a look, sure enough, from the aft nav light it a light/dark blue color all the way to the gear bay...which is highly unusual for the lav stains to be that far fwd. FAs, at the same time, tell me of a strong bad smell in the cabin.
Enter MTC...we open some access panels on the gear bay and about vomited instaneously...the smell was SO strong. After catching our breath and allowing the bay to vent...we could see where about a 5 inch deep pool of lav fluid had been due to the dry "water line" all over the inside belly.
NO WAY was I flying this thing...it was rancid. The Deltamatic showed reason for A/C refusal was "BAD ODOR". haha. It didn't fly for days except to MCN to get cleaned out...bad possibility of corrosion from the lav fluid. A seal on the blue juice tank failed.