What was found
BURNING OIL SMELL IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKEOFF LASTED ONLY A FEW MINUTES. FOUND SMALL AMOUNT OF HYD FLUID IN APU INLET. CLEANED APU INLET, PERFORMED ALTERNATE DUCT BURN OPN 5090. REPLACED WATER SEPARATOR BAGS, NO FURTHER ODOR NOTED.
- Difficulty date
- March 31, 2005
- Submitted
- April 12, 2005
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N991DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53343
- Aircraft time
- 36,026 hours, 27,696 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa JT8D
- Engine time
- 15,085 hours, 25,570 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4920 · APU Core Engine
- Part
- Inlet
- Condition
- Contaminated
- Location
- Apu
- Part time
- 15,085 hours, 25,570 cycles
- Stage of operation
- CL
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- B
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.