Service difficulty report · Seal · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
May 4, 2016
Submitted
May 6, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N9618A
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53565
Aircraft time
53,139 hours, 25,782 cycles
Part
Seal
Condition
Leaking
Location
Apu Generator
Part time
15,642 hours, 9,719 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
K, B
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GNDED. BURNING OIL SMELL IN CABIN & COCKPIT WHEN PACKS ARE ON APU AIR ACCOMPANIED BY HAZE IN CABIN. FOUND APU INGESTING OIL. MAINTENANCE FOUND MAIN GENERATOR SEAL LEAKING AND REPLACED AUXILIARY POWER UNIT PER MCM CARD 49-96-01.

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