Service difficulty report · Inlet · Boeing 737823

Difficulty date
August 15, 2024
Submitted
August 19, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N336TM
Make and model
Boeing 737823
Aircraft serial
68107
Aircraft time
3,010 hours, 1,110 cycles
Part
Inlet
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
C, B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: UPON LANDING AND AFTER APU START THERE WAS AN UNUSUAL ODOR NOTICED BY THE ENTIRE CREW. IT WAS AT THE FRONT AND AFT OF THE AIRCRAFT. DIFFERENT THAN A FUEL SMELL AND CAME ON EVERY TIME THE APU BLEED WAS CYCLED. ACCOMPLISHED FIM 49-52-00-810-801 INCLUDED GVI WITH NO OIL OR HYDRO CONTAMINATION ON INLET, PLENUM, DOOR SEALS, WHEEL WELL HYDRO COMPONENTS AND DRAIN HOLES FREE OF DEBRIS. RUN APU AND NO ODORS EITHER FORWARD OR AFT FLIGHT COMPARTMENT.