Service difficulty report · Line · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
April 22, 2019
Submitted
April 24, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N998DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53370
Aircraft time
70,879 hours, 51,332 cycles
Part
Line
Condition
Leaking
Location
Apu Fuel
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
K, B
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

AFT F/A SAID STRONG SMELL OF FUEL ONLY AFTER LANDING. THEN SMELL DISSIPATED BY THE TIME WE ARRIVED AT THE GATE. NO GO ODI. HAS EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF FUEL IN APU FUEL LINE SHROUD DRAIN. POSSIBLE APU INLET CONTAMINATION. T/S FUEL LINE SHROUDS FOR LEAKS, NO FURTHER LEAKAGE WAS FOUND, INSPECTED APU INLET, INLET WAS CLEAN AND DRY. C/W AMDS NO GO ODI PNEUMATIC DIST. CABIN SMOKE/ODOR TROUBLESHOOTING W/C 2120-2367, NO FUEL SMELL EXIST. DISPATCH APPROVAL MCC (PAUL). REMOVED AND REPLACED L&R COALESSOR BAGS PER MD88 AMM 21-20, CKS GOOD. (LP5812698)

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