What was found
ON PRE-DEPARTURE CHECK ALL PASSENGERS OFF AIRCRAFT. FOUND SMOKE IN AFT CABIN. CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS TO REPLACE APU BATTERY FOR SMOKE AND APU BATTERY CHARGER PRECAUTIONARY.
- Difficulty date
- January 5, 2008
- Submitted
- January 14, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N833MH
- Make and model
- Boeing 767432ER
- Aircraft serial
- 29706
- Aircraft time
- 25,941 hours, 7,998 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4900 · Airborne Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) System
- Part
- Battery
- Part number
- 33183001
- Part serial
- 10501113
- Condition
- Overheated
- Location
- Apu
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- B
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.