Service difficulty report · Unknown · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
February 16, 2015
Submitted
February 16, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N805EX
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft serial
228
Aircraft time
58,220 hours, 65,864 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Smoke
Location
Cockpit
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

APU BLEED AIR SMOKE NOTICED IN COCKPIT. INSPECTED APU AND BLEED, GROUND RAN ENGINE. RAN APU WITH BLEEDS SELECTED ON FOR OVER 30 MINUTES WITH NO SMOKE OR ODOR. CYCLED BLEEDS MULTIPLE TIMES AND RAN BLEEDS FULL HOT AGAIN WITH NO SMOKE. INSPECTED COCKPIT FOR ANY HIDDEN DAMAGE OR SIGNS OF SMOKE. NONE FOUND. CLEARED MEL 494. APU BLEEDS OK FOR SERVICE.