Service difficulty report · Apu · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
January 15, 2009
Submitted
January 20, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N908HA
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft serial
015
Aircraft time
59,787 hours, 67,816 cycles
Part
Apu
Part number
160371600
Part serial
870513
Condition
Smoke
Part time
43,503 hours, 48,506 cycles
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.

What was found

WITH AUXILIARY POWER UNIT RUNNING AND BLEEDS ON, SMOKE IN CABIN AND LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR SOUNDS. RAN AUXILIARY POWER UNIT WITH BLEED ON, VISIBLE HAZE APPEARS. INSP AUXILIARY POWER UNIT AREA NO DEFECTS NOTED. RAN ENGINES WITH BLEEDS NO HAZE NOTED. R&R AUXILIARY POWER UNIT PER WORK CARD 49-20-02X OPS CHECK GOOD. NO SMOKE FROM APU BLEEDS.