Service difficulty report · Apu · Boeing 75723A

Difficulty date
February 5, 2021
Submitted
February 8, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N939FD
Make and model
Boeing 75723A
Aircraft serial
24528
Aircraft time
64,372 hours, 24,260 cycles
Part
Apu
Condition
Odor
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.

What was found

PDIS 939 21-70 8622 05FEB21 LGG OPEN U LOGPAGES:3301364 OBSERVED AN ACRID, BURNING OIL SMELL DURING ALL PHASES OF FLIGHT WITH MARKED INTENSITY ON APU BLEED, CLIMB AND DESCENTS. EXPIRIENCED WHAT IS DESCRIBED AS A FUME EVENT. SHGN 05FEB21 01:26 LGG U DURING CREW DEBRIEF WAS TOLD THAT THE ISSUE STARTED ON APU STARTUP BEFORE LEAVING EMA, WITH APU RUNNING. RAN APU IAW JRH AND DID NOTICE A FAINT OIL ODUR, THAT GOT MORE INTENSE THE LONGER THE APU WAS RUN. MEL 05FEB21 01:37 LGG U RELEASED FOR SERVICE PER MEL : 49-11-01 CATEGORY : C EXPIRATION : 15FEB21 "MEL 49-11-01: APU - INOP. REFER TO THE OPERATIONS NOTE FOR DRY ICE RESTRICTIONS." PER MOCC T/S IAW FIM 71-05-43-828 UMTILL STEP 5, NO VISUAL OBVIOUS INDICATIONS OF LEAKAGE FOUND ON BOTH ENGINES. CONFIRMED NO HIGH OIL CONSUMPTION EXIST. PER FIM 21-00-01-3-0. T/S APU AND WHILST RUNNING APU IAW JRH NOTICED THE OIL ODUR INCREASED THE LONGER WE HAD THE APU RUNNING. IAW MOCC DEFERRED APU INOP IAW MEL 49-11-01. C/7258715 05FEB21 02:20 MEM R T/S REQUIRED TSI 21-70/8621

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