What was found
DURING TAXI IN A HAZE GRADUALLY FILLED THE CABIN. MAINTENANCE FOUND OIL IN APU AIR INLET. REMOVED AND REPLACED APU. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. (OPEN)
- Difficulty date
- November 14, 2016
- Submitted
- November 18, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N966TW
- Make and model
- Doug DC983
- Aircraft serial
- 53616
- Aircraft time
- 48,823 hours, 24,300 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4900 · Airborne Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) System
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 5940405503
- Part serial
- P495
- Condition
- Leaking
- Part time
- 21,726 hours, 10,361 cycles
- Stage of operation
- TX
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- K, B
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.