- Difficulty date
- March 18, 2005
- Submitted
- August 9, 2005
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Cndair CL6002B19
- Aircraft serial
- 7633
- Aircraft time
- 6,875 hours, 5,859 cycles
- Engine
- Ge CF343B1
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 380004883
- Part serial
- P439
- Condition
- Making Metal
- Location
- Apu
- Stage of operation
- DE
- 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
APU FAULT CONDITION IN FLIGHT. SMOKE APPEARED IN CABIN. CLOSED PACKS AND SHUTDOWN APU. INSPECTED APU COMPARTMENT, NO FUEL OR OIL LEAKS NOTED CHECKED BOTH ACM`S IAW AMM. OIL LEVEL CHECK GOOD. CHECKED APU OIL LEVEL IAW AMM. OIL LEVEL GOOD. FOUND METAL INSIDE APU, REMOVED AND REPLACED APU. OPS CHECK AND LEAK CHECK GOOD. (K)