Service difficulty report · Engine · Boeing 767332

Difficulty date
November 19, 2019
Submitted
November 24, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N176DZ
Make and model
Boeing 767332
Aircraft serial
29697
Aircraft time
82,177 hours, 17,753 cycles
Part
Engine
Condition
Making Metal
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

TEN MINUTES BEFORE PUSHBACK CABIN FILLED WITH SMOKE. RAN QRH PROCEDURES. DEPLANED PASSENGERS THROUGH 1L DOOR. APU AUTO SHUTDOWN. UPON INVESTIGATION, FOUND DRAIN CHIP DETECTOR FULL OF METAL PARTICLES AND APU AIR PLENUM CRACKED. PERFORMED REMOVAL OF OIL CONTAMINATION FROM AIR CONDITIONING AND PNEUMATIC SYSTEMS. SMOKE REMOVED AND ODOR CLEARED. APU DEFERRAL ON LP 6094484.