Service difficulty report · Inlet · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
January 14, 2009
Submitted
March 24, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N592AA
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53255
Aircraft time
55,584 hours, 23,281 cycles
Part
Inlet
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Apu
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

PDX INFLIGHT - CREW REPORTED SMOKE IN CABIN AND COCKPIT FROM UNKNOWN SOURCE. SMOKE BEGAN TO DISSIPATE BUT SMELL AND VISIBLE SMOKE STILL PRESENT AFTER LANDING. RETURNED TO PDX AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. FOUND SMALL AMOUNT OF GLYCOL AT APU INLET. CLEANED APU INLET. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION.

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