What was found
AFTER PUSH BACK AIRCRAFT CABIN FILLED WITH SMOKE. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO GATE. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE APU BLEED SYSTEM. THE APU WAS MEL''D.
- Difficulty date
- April 22, 2000
- Submitted
- April 24, 2000
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N908HA
- Make and model
- Dhav DHC8102
- Aircraft serial
- 015
- Aircraft time
- 38,968 hours, 45,398 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4900 · Airborne Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) System
- Part
- Apu
- Condition
- Smoke
- Location
- Bleed System
- 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.