What was found
AN APU FAIL AND GENERATE A SMELL IN THE CABIN. MX FOUND THAT THE APU HAD SIEZED AND PLACED IT ON MEL. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE APU.
- Difficulty date
- March 11, 2005
- Submitted
- March 28, 2005
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N835MJ
- Make and model
- Emb EMB145LR
- Aircraft serial
- 145353
- Aircraft time
- 10,075 hours, 9,484 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4900 · Airborne Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) System
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 4501968C
- Part serial
- SPE994174
- Condition
- Failed
- Location
- Apu Bay
- Part time
- 12,153 hours, 11,066 cycles
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- B, J
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.