What was found
CREW REPORTS SMOKE AND FUMES IN CABIN. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE APU BATTERY WITH HEAT DAMAGE. THE APU BATTERY AND CHARGER WERE REPLACED. SYSTEM OPERATION IS NORMAL.
- Difficulty date
- January 4, 2021
- Submitted
- January 6, 2021
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N685DA
- Make and model
- Boeing 757232
- Aircraft serial
- 27588
- Aircraft time
- 85,303 hours, 33,823 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4940 · APU Start/Ignition System
- Part
- Battery
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Apu
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- M, B
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.