What was found
IN CRUISE STRONG KEROSENE SMELL. FOUND APU FCU LEAKING. REPLACED APU, PERFORMED DUCT BURNOUT.
- Difficulty date
- August 21, 2000
- Submitted
- August 22, 2000
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N905DE
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53410
- Aircraft time
- 23,627 hours, 18,750 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4930 · APU Engine Fuel and Control
- Part
- Fcu
- Part serial
- P80181
- Condition
- Leaking
- Location
- Apu`
- Part time
- 11,259 hours, 18,083 cycles
- Stage of operation
- CR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- K, B
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.