Service difficulty report · Bleed Air Sys · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
December 18, 2007
Submitted
January 26, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N825EX
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft serial
388
Aircraft time
32,658 hours, 35,725 cycles
Part
Bleed Air Sys
Part number
82110001001
Condition
Contaminated
Part time
32,658 hours, 35,725 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DURING OPERATION, AN ODOR THAT WAS BELIEVED TO BE FUEL WAS DETECTED WHEN NR 1 ENGINE BLEED SYSTEM WAS SELECTED ON. BLEED SYSTEM FOR NR 1 AND NR 2 ENGINES, ALONG WITH THE APU, WERE INSPECTED AND FOUND TO BE IN ORDER. SYSTEM WAS RUN AT FULL HOT AND FULL COLD. ODOR WAS DETERMINED TO BE DE-ICE FLUID. AIRCRAFT WAS THEN RELEASED AS OK FOR SERVICE. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ADDED.