Service difficulty report · Apu · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
April 13, 2007
Submitted
April 16, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N162PL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49765
Aircraft time
50,726 hours, 34,982 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D*
Part
Apu
Part number
507263812761
Part serial
P252
Condition
Leaking
Part time
2,512 hours, 1,623 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, J
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

DURING TRANSIT CHECK WAS DETECTED SMOKE AND OIL ODOR IN THE CABIN; ADDITIONALLY, THE SMOKE ALARM OF THE AFT LT LAVATORY WAS ACTIVATED. AIRCRAFT WAS VENTILATED AND SMOKE ALARM WAS DEACTIVATED, AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM WAS CHECKED, BEING CORRECT. APU WAS DETECTED LEAKING, SO APU AND WATER SEPARATORS WERE REPLACED IAW MM 49-10-00 AND 21-20-02, TEST CORRECT IAW MM 21-00-00 PAGE 501, ALL CORRECT.

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