What was found
HAZE/SMOKE IN FLIGHT COMPARTMENT DURING TAXI AFTER APU STARTED TO SUPPLEMENT AIR CONDITIONING; OIL CONTAMINATION WAS FOUND IN THE APU BLEED MODULATING VALVE.
- Difficulty date
- June 22, 2009
- Submitted
- June 23, 2009
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N920ME
- Make and model
- Boeing 717200
- Aircraft serial
- 55174
- Aircraft time
- 14,844 hours, 7,589 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4920 · APU Core Engine
- Part
- Bleed Valve
- Part number
- 4952604
- Part serial
- 0023
- Condition
- Contaminated
- Location
- Apu
- Part time
- 2,385 hours
- Stage of operation
- TX
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- B
- Precautionary procedure
- D
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.