What was found
THE CREW REPORTED AN ODOR OF JET FUEL AFTER APU START. MX INSPECTED AND PERFORMED OPS CHECKS OF APU. NO FUEL ODOR WAS NOTED. THE ACFT WAS RELEASED TO SERVICE.
- Difficulty date
- December 16, 2011
- Submitted
- December 21, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N16981
- Make and model
- Emb EMB145LR
- Aircraft serial
- 145208
- Aircraft time
- 29,160 hours, 21,811 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2120 · Air Distribution System
- Part
- Unknown
- Condition
- Odor
- Stage of operation
- TX
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- B
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.