Service difficulty report · Fuel Control · Emb EMB135KL

Difficulty date
April 15, 2012
Submitted
April 17, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N382SK
Make and model
Emb EMB135KL
Aircraft serial
145624
Aircraft time
24,910 hours, 20,858 cycles
Engine
Allsn AE3007A
Engine time
25,675 hours, 23,131 cycles
Part
Fuel Control
Part number
4504616A
Part serial
050345
Condition
Leaking
Location
Apu
Part time
19,538 hours, 18,421 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, B
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

CREW REPORTED THAT UPON APU START AND ACTIVATION OF PACK 1, A STRONG FUEL ODOR ENTERED THE COCKPIT. THE PACK SYSTEM WAS DEFERRED. THE DEFERRAL WAS CLEARED ON 4/15/2012 BY REPLACING THE APU FUEL CONTROL. OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED.

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