What was found
STRONG FUEL SMELL AFTER APU START. SMELL IS ONLY NOTICEABLE ON FIRST START. POSSIBLE LEAKING FUEL SOLENOID 161797-1 OR START 161797-2 ON REQ TO CLT PURGE EXCESSIVE DE-ICE FLUID IN APU COMPARTMENT, OPS CHECK, NO FUEL SMELL.
- Difficulty date
- January 28, 2010
- Submitted
- January 29, 2010
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N829MJ
- Make and model
- Emb EMB145LR
- Aircraft serial
- 145228
- Aircraft time
- 19,989 hours, 18,430 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4920 · APU Core Engine
- Part
- Apu
- Condition
- Contaminated
- Location
- Apu Bay
- Stage of operation
- IN
- 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.