What was found
ON L/O, FOUND APU LOW ON OIL. SERVICED APU. ON APU START ATTEMPT, FOUND HEAVY SMOKING IN APU COMPARTMENT WITH TORCHING FROM APU EXHAUST. REPLACED APU.
- Difficulty date
- July 20, 2005
- Submitted
- August 5, 2005
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N373DA
- Make and model
- Boeing 737832
- Aircraft serial
- 29621
- Aircraft time
- 18,667 hours, 9,152 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4920 · APU Core Engine
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 1319B
- Part serial
- P5153
- Condition
- Smoke
- Location
- Apu Bay
- Part time
- 8,993 hours, 12,153 cycles
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- A
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.