Service difficulty report · Apu · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
February 15, 2016
Submitted
February 17, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N569AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35184
Aircraft time
34,206 hours, 10,574 cycles
Part
Apu
Condition
Contaminated
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AT ROTATION DURING A BLEEDS OFF TAKEOFF ACFT FILLED UP WITH SMOKE IN CABIN AND COCKPIT. DISSIPATED AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES. WE DEICED WITH TYPE 1 AND TYPE 4 AT DCA PRIOR TO TAKEOFF. HEAVY WEIGHT LANDING AT IAD, 167.OK, 400 FPM. LANDING WAS SMOOTH AND UNEVENTFUL. ACFT GROUNDED. APU SHOWS EVIDENCE OF DEICE FLUID INGESTION. TSR ACCOMPLISHED. ACCOMPLISHED SMOKE OR FUMES IN CABIN CONDITIONAL INSPECTION IAW AMM 05-51-56-200-801, APU COMPRESSOR CLEANING IAW AMM 49-21-00-200-803, OIL CONTAMINATION REMOVAL FROM AIR CONDITIONING AND PNEUMATIC SYS IAW AMM 21-00-01-100-801, DEEP CLEANING OF CONTROL CABIN, MAIN CABIN, LAVS AND GALLEY SURFACES TO REMOVE ANY OBVIOUS CONTAMINATION THAT MAY RETAIN RESIDUAL ODOR. ALL OPS CHECKS GOOD, NO CONTAMINATION FOUND IN ANY OF THE INSPECTIONS.