Service difficulty report · Bleed Air Sys · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
January 20, 2010
Submitted
January 27, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N805EX
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft serial
228
Aircraft time
46,958 hours, 52,604 cycles
Part
Bleed Air Sys
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Apu Bay
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
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

STRONG ODOR IN COCKPIT ONLY WITH BLEEDS SELECTED ON, ODOR DISAPATES WHEN SELECTING BLEEDS OFF. INSPECTED APU BAY AND FOUND LARGED AMOUNTS OF GLYCOL AROUND ACM AREA, CLEANED UP GLYCOL , GROUND RAN ACFT WITH BLEEDS ON, NO FUMES OR ODOR OF JET A NOTED. OK FOR SERVICE.