What was found
FDM 6070 MCO. CREW NOTED A FUEL SMELL WHILE STARTING APU. MX PERFORMED OPS CHECKS RAN APU AND ENGINES EXTENSIVELY AND OPS CHECKED GOOD. NO SMELL NOTED.
- Difficulty date
- September 12, 2006
- Submitted
- September 26, 2006
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N843MJ
- Make and model
- Emb EMB145LR
- Aircraft serial
- 145478
- Aircraft time
- 13,459 hours, 12,849 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4900 · Airborne Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) System
- Part
- Apu
- Condition
- Odor
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- B
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.