Service difficulty report · Apu · Emb EMB120ER

Difficulty date
January 4, 2010
Submitted
January 5, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N299UX
Make and model
Emb EMB120ER
Aircraft serial
120299
Aircraft time
26,654 hours, 28,276 cycles
Part
Apu
Condition
Smoke
Stage of operation
TX
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

AFTER STARTING NR1 ENGINE, ACFT FILLED WITH SMOKE AND SET OFF SMOKE DETECTOR. ACFT WAS SHUTDOWN AND ALL PAX EVACUATED. MAINTENANCE RAN A/C WITH BLEEDS IN ALL DIFFERENT CONFIGURATIONS AND FOUND NO SMOKE. INSPECTED NR 2 ENGINE & THE APU FOR OIL LEAKS. NO LEAKS FOUND. RAN PACKS IN ALL SETTINGS AND STILL NO SMOKE. COULD NOT DUPLICATE FAULT. ALL TESTS WERE GOOD. IT MUST BE NOTED THAT GLYCOL WAS FOUND COMING FROM THE APU DRAIN AND IS SUSPECT IN THIS ISSUE.

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