Service difficulty report · Odor · Cndair CL6002B19

Difficulty date
April 24, 2006
Submitted
May 23, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N437AW
Make and model
Cndair CL6002B19
Aircraft serial
7744
Part
Odor
Condition
Detected
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
NR
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

AT THE GATE, APU FAULT MESSAGE APPEARED, APU AUTO SHUTDOWN OCCURRED. ALSO, BEFORE SHUTSDOWN OCCURRED, COULD DETECT ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR THROUGHOUT CABIN WITH PACKS ON APU AIR. INSPECTED APU, NO NOTICEABLE BURNS NOTED. REMOVED AND REPLACED APU, S/N P-626, REMOVED OFF MEL. FINDINGS REVEALED THAT PRIMARY FAILURE WAS THE SEPARATION OF THE COMPRESSOR IMPELLER. STARTER CHARRED. (M)