What was found
CLE - THE CREW REPORTED A STRONG FUEL SMELL AFTER THE APU WAS STARTED. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE APU BLEED VALVE AND THE OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD, AND NO FUEL SMELL WAS DETECTED.
- Difficulty date
- March 25, 2005
- Submitted
- March 30, 2005
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N27962
- Make and model
- Emb EMB145
- Aircraft serial
- 145110
- Aircraft time
- 14,677 hours, 10,920 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4950 · APU Bleed Air System
- Part
- Bleed Valve
- Part number
- 4951680
- Part serial
- 0323
- Condition
- Bypassing
- Location
- Apu
- Stage of operation
- AP
- 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.