Service difficulty report · Combustion Head · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
November 19, 2012
Submitted
November 19, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N975HA
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft serial
176
Aircraft time
58,592 hours, 65,028 cycles
Part
Combustion Head
Part number
APUCA2
Condition
Odor
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

AFTER STARTING APU, NOTICED STRONG FUEL ODOR FOLLOWED BY APU SHUTDOWN. INSPECTED, NO LEAKS FOUND, CONFIRMED PROBLEM WITH BLEEDS ON. R & R APU COMBUSTER IAW AMM 49-20-00. OPS AND LEAKED CHECKED GOOD. RAN APU WITH BLEEDS ON. NO FUEL ODOR NOTED. CLEARED MEL 49-4.