What was found
DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, OIL ODOR IN CABIN WAS NOTED WHEN APU BLEED WAS SELECTED. MX RELEASED ACFT IAW MEL 49-00-00. MX REPLACED APU. OPS CHECKS WERE GOOD.
- Difficulty date
- June 19, 2005
- Submitted
- June 22, 2005
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N14933
- Make and model
- Emb EMB145ER
- Aircraft serial
- 145018
- Aircraft time
- 16,857 hours, 14,468 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4900 · Airborne Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) System
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 4504113
- Part serial
- SPE0214408
- Condition
- Odor
- Location
- Apu Bay
- Part time
- 4,993 hours, 8,153 cycles
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- B
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.