Service difficulty report · Unknown · Doug MD1030F

Difficulty date
May 23, 2012
Submitted
May 29, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N303FE
Make and model
Doug MD1030F
Aircraft serial
46802
Aircraft time
84,945 hours, 26,648 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Smoke
Location
Apu Bay
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

FIVE MINUTES AFTER NORMAL APU START & RUN, APU FAIL ALERT & AUTO SHUTDOWN TOOK PLACE. ONE MINUTE LATER, SMOKE & FUMES NOTICED FROM APU AREA. APU FIRE HANDLE PULLED & AGENT DISCHARGED. INSPECTED APU BAY FOR LEAKS AND OBVIOUS DAMAGE, NO DEFECTS NOTED REF MM 49-00-00. STARTED APU TWICE IAW JRH WITH NO ANOMOLIES DURING START. NO FAULTS INDICATED IN AIU 1, 2, 3. LOADED APU WITH PNEUMATICS AND ELECTRICAL APU OPERATED NORMALLY. PERFOMED OPS CHECK OF APU IAW AMM 49-00-00-5 OPS CHECKED GOOD. ACFT OK FOR SERVICE.

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