Service difficulty report · Contactor · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
February 14, 2026
Submitted
February 16, 2026
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N682AE
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
14500826
Aircraft time
46,987 hours, 44,496 cycles
Part
Contactor
Part number
51525014A
Part serial
96347
Condition
Arced
Location
Apu Generator
Part time
3,224 hours, 3,735 cycles
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 GEN OVERLOAD FOLLOWED BY APU GEN FAIL FOLLOWED WITH APU SHUTDOWN WITH BURNING SMELL IN FLIGHT DECK WITH SMOKE FROM APU EXHAUST MEL 14FEB26 13:49 CLT C04522 49-1 APU AUXILIARY POWER UNIT DFRL 15FEB26 06:26 ALB SEE HA 300 SEQ 7 OF ALB RON PACKAGE FOR TROUBLESHOOTING. R/R APU GCU AND APU STARTER GENERATOR NO FIX. FOUND EVIDENCE OF ARCING ON APU START CONTACTOR. R/R'D APU START CONTACTOR. NO FIX. REQUIRES FURTHER TROUBLESHOOTING. CONTINUE MEL 49-1. FACT 17FEB26 03:05 RIC STARTED AND STOPPED APU 3 TIMES IRT AMM 49-13-00-910-802/803-A OPS CHECK GOOD. OK FOR SERVICE. CLEAR MEL

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