What was found
THE CREW REPORTED A FUEL SMELL WHEN THE APU WAS STARTED. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND REPLACED THE APU BLEED VALVE. OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD.
- Difficulty date
- September 20, 2010
- Submitted
- September 21, 2010
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N14923
- Make and model
- Emb EMB145LR
- Aircraft serial
- 145318
- Aircraft time
- 24,390 hours, 18,766 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4950 · APU Bleed Air System
- Part
- Bleed Valve
- Part number
- 4952375
- Part serial
- 2183
- Condition
- Faulty
- Location
- Apu
- Part time
- 7,677 hours, 11,535 cycles
- Stage of operation
- TX
- 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.