What was found
ENGINE ANTI ICE ON NOTICED FAINT OIL SMELL, SMELL DISSIPATED WHEN TURNED OFF. ANTI ICE ON, SMELL RETURNED. FOUND APU CONTAMINATED WITH SKYDROL/OIL. CLEANED APU INLET AND PERFORMED FULL DUCT BURNOUT PER OPERATION 5089 AS PRECAUTIONARY.
- Difficulty date
- March 17, 2005
- Submitted
- March 18, 2005
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N903DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49534
- Aircraft time
- 48,824 hours, 39,907 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa JT8D
- Engine time
- 14,041 hours, 23,792 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4920 · APU Core Engine
- Part
- Apu
- Condition
- Contaminated
- Part time
- 14,041 hours, 23,792 cycles
- Stage of operation
- CR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- B
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.