Service difficulty report · Bleed Air Sys · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
September 22, 2014
Submitted
September 22, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N837EX
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft serial
217
Aircraft time
55,251 hours, 62,816 cycles
Part
Bleed Air Sys
Condition
Odor
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
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

AFTER STARTING APU WITH BLEED SELECTED ON, ODOR FILLED CABIN. INSPECTED AND RAN APU WITH BLEEDS ON, NO ODOR NOTICED. RAN BOTH NR 1 AND NR 2 ENGINES ONE AT A TIME AND FOUND ODOR TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH NT 1 ENGINE BLEED ONLY.