What was found
BNA - CREW REPORTED APU FIRE ON GROUND. A GVI OF APU WAS PERFORMED AND THE COMPRESSOR INLET WAS CLOGGED WITH CICADAS. AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED IAW MEL 49-00-00.
- Difficulty date
- May 31, 2011
- Submitted
- June 2, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N13132
- Make and model
- Emb EMB145XR
- Aircraft serial
- 145708
- Aircraft time
- 23,660 hours, 12,725 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4910 · APU Cowling/Containment
- Part
- Inlet
- Condition
- Clogged
- Location
- Apu
- Component
- Apu
- Component part number
- M4504113A
- Stage of operation
- TX
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- A
- Precautionary procedure
- D
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.