Service difficulty report · Engine · Boeing 737832

Difficulty date
January 21, 2008
Submitted
January 24, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N378DA
Make and model
Boeing 737832
Aircraft serial
30265
Aircraft time
25,676 hours, 10,977 cycles
Part
Engine
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
C, B
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

TAXI OUT FROM DEICE WITH APU BLEED OPEN AND LT ENG SHUTDOWN VISIBLE GREY SMOKE INTO COCKPIT. CLOSED APU BLEED AND SMOKE DISSIPATED. FOUND GLYCOL WAS SPRAYED INTO APU INTAKE. PACKS RAN, SMELL DISSIPATED. PACK CONTROLLERS HAD NO FAULTS.