What was found
CREW REPORTED A STRONG ELECTRICAL ODOR COMING FROM PACK NR 2 FOLLOWED BY APU GEN FAILURE. FOUND THE APU STARTER GEN SHOWING SIGNS OF BEING BURNED. MX R & R THE APU STARTER GENERATOR WITH OPS CHECKS SUCCESSFUL.
- Difficulty date
- October 8, 2012
- Submitted
- October 11, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N14993
- Make and model
- Emb EMB145LR
- Aircraft serial
- 145289
- Aircraft time
- 29,988 hours, 22,993 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2435 · Starter-Generator
- Part
- Starter Gen
- Part number
- 23080013A
- Part serial
- Y10211
- Condition
- Burned
- Location
- Apu
- Part time
- 12,359 hours, 1,286 cycles
- 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.