Service difficulty report · Apu · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
June 17, 2006
Submitted
June 22, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N910DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49541
Aircraft time
50,898 hours, 41,479 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Engine time
14,646 hours, 26,271 cycles
Part
Apu
Part serial
P80510
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Apu Bay
Part time
14,646 hours, 26,271 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER T/O, ALL LAV SMOKE DETECTORS SOUNDED WITH SMOKE AND HAZE REPORTED IN CABIN BY FLIGHT ATTENDANTS. EMERGENCY RETURN TO ATL. FOUND APU INLET CONTAMINATED WITH OIL. OIL LEVEL IN SIGHT GAUGE WAS AT RE-FILL LINE. OIL TANK CAP IS INSTALLED AND SECURE. MX STILL IN PROGRESS 0910/17. FOUND OIL CONTAMINATION IN APU INLET. LK CKD APU. FOUND B-NUT LEAKING ON OIL LINE AFT FILTER MODULE. TIGHTENED SAME. LK C GOOD. REMOVED LOWER DOOR ASSY CLEANED INLET AND DOOR ASSY REPLACED.

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