Service difficulty report · Gasket · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
April 6, 2018
Submitted
April 11, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N7541A
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49995
Aircraft time
76,496 hours, 40,539 cycles
Part
Gasket
Condition
Damaged
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, B
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF FLIGHT ATTENDANTS NOTICED A LIGHT SMOKE IN CABIN. EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BLOCK, LANDED OVERWEIGHT AND WITHOUT INCIDENT. FLIGHT WAS CANCELLED. NO PASSENGERS OR CREW REPORTED ILLNESS DUE TO SMOKE. FOUND APU OIL RESERVOIR CAP GASKET LEAKING. REPLACED GASKET, CLEANED APU INLET OF EXCESS OIL. PERFORMED MCM CARD 21-92-12 AND 05-96-70. NO ODOR OR SMOKE IN CABIN NOTED. A/C DID NOT EXCEED OVERWEIGHT LANDING OF 130,000 LBS.

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