What was found
THE FLIGHT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE FOLLOWING THE AFT LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR SOUNDING AND THE F/A SMELLING SMOKE. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE APU LEAKING OIL. THE APU WAS REPLACED, APU AND A PNEUMATIC SYSTEM DUCT BURNOUT WAS ACCOMPLISHED.
- Difficulty date
- September 25, 2015
- Submitted
- September 29, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N937DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49810
- Aircraft time
- 69,239 hours, 52,075 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4990 · APU Oil System
- Part
- Oil System
- Condition
- Leaking
- Location
- Apu
- Stage of operation
- CR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- K, B, J
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.