What was found
CLE - THE CREW REPORTED A STRONG FUEL ODOR UPON APU START. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE APU BLEED AIR VALVE AND OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD WITH NO FUEL SMELL DURING START.
- Difficulty date
- April 15, 2005
- Submitted
- April 25, 2005
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N16951
- Make and model
- Emb EMB145LR
- Aircraft serial
- 145063
- Aircraft time
- 15,636 hours, 11,870 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4950 · APU Bleed Air System
- Part
- Bleed Valve
- Part number
- 4952375
- Part serial
- 07170
- Condition
- Stuck
- Location
- Apu
- Stage of operation
- AP
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- B, J
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.