Service difficulty report · Bleed Air Sys · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
October 23, 2008
Submitted
October 26, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N808EX
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft serial
299
Aircraft time
41,453 hours, 45,663 cycles
Part
Bleed Air Sys
Condition
Contaminated
Part time
41,453 hours, 45,663 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
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

AN ODOR WAS DETECTED WHEN THE BLEED SYSTEM DUCT TEMP EXCEEDS 20C. THE APU AND ENGINE BLEEDS WERE RUN ON THE GROUND AND ODOR DISSIPATED. SUSPECT RESIDUAL DE-ICE FLUID CONTAMINATION OF APU DURING MORNING DE-ICEING OF AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED FOR SERVICE WITH NO FURTHER DIFFICULTIES REPORTED.