What was found
DURING FLIGHT, APU DID NOT START ON FIRST ATTEMPT, STARTED ON SECOND ATTEMPT. AFTER TRANSFER OF 10TH STAGE BLEED THERE WAS A STRONG FUEL AND FUMES ODOR. SHUTDOWN APU, ODOR CLEARED AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES.
- Difficulty date
- February 9, 2017
- Submitted
- February 10, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N420AW
- Make and model
- Cndair CL6002B19
- Aircraft serial
- 7640
- Aircraft time
- 35,072 hours, 33,461 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4920 · APU Core Engine
- Part
- Apu
- Condition
- Malfunctioned
- Stage of operation
- CR
- 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.