Service difficulty report · Unknown · Doug DC951

Difficulty date
April 30, 2011
Submitted
May 11, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N781NC
Make and model
Doug DC951
Aircraft serial
48121
Aircraft time
69,227 hours, 64,412 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Smoke
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

AIRCRAFT 9872, ON LEFT, SINGLE ENGINE TAXI WITH THE APU ON, THE AFT FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED SMOKE IN THE CABIN AT GATE. CREW SHUTDOWN PACKS AND APU AND, PER QUICK REFERENCE HANDBOOK, PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANED. LINE MAINTENANCE RAN APU FOR 20 MINUTES, THEN INSPECTED APU FOR OIL LEAKS. NO LEAKS WERE FOUND. DUE TO LARGE AMOUNT OF OIL IN APU ENCLOSURE, APU WAS REPLACED PER AMM. LEAK CHECK GOOD. AIR AND ELECTRICAL OPERATIONS ARE NORMAL. COMPLIED WITH SMOKE IN CABIN TROUBLESHOOTING. ACCOMPLISHED PACK BURNOUT PER AMM. REPLACED COALESCER BAGS PER AMM. AIRCRAFT OK FOR SERVICE.

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