Service difficulty report · Apu · Doug MD83

Difficulty date
May 26, 2017
Submitted
May 31, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N971TW
Make and model
Doug MD83
Aircraft serial
53621
Aircraft time
48,132 hours, 24,121 cycles
Part
Apu
Part number
AAP3701A
Part serial
P723
Condition
Leaking
Part time
30,264 hours, 14,313 cycles
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, B
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

ON LANDING, AFTER STARTING APU, CABIN FILLED WITH BLUE SMOKE, HAZE AND ODOR. SHUT OFF PACKS. SMOKE DISSAPATED. MAINTENANCE FOUND APU OIL PRESENT IN APU AIR INLET AND SUSPECTED OIL LEAK. WASHED APU ENGINE AND COMPARTMENT, RAM AND NON RAM AIR INTAKES, AND OPERATED APU BLEED AIR AND RAN 2 PACKS IAW AMM 49-90-00. ACCOMPLISHED CABIN ODOR TROUBLESHOOTING AND PACK CLEANED OUT, BURNOUT IAW AMM 21-20-02. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED.

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