What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. ODOR OF OIL IN CABIN AND COCKPIT AFTER APU START. ODOR DISSIPATES AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES. REMOVED AND REPLACED AUXILIARY POWER UNIT. OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD.
- Difficulty date
- January 10, 2017
- Submitted
- January 12, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N9629H
- Make and model
- Doug DC983
- Aircraft serial
- 53599
- Aircraft time
- 51,227 hours, 25,063 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4920 · APU Core Engine
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 7917430533
- Part serial
- P1059
- Condition
- Faulty
- Location
- Zone 100
- Part time
- 25,083 hours, 12,322 cycles
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- B
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.