Service difficulty report · Odor · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
February 22, 2003
Submitted
February 26, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N839EX
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft serial
226
Aircraft time
31,258 hours, 35,428 cycles
Part
Odor
Condition
Detected
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
DE
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

PJL-FLIGHT 3800 CREW REPORTED A BURNT OIL ODOR FROM BLEEDS WITH POWER BELOW 30 PERCENT TORQUE DURING DESCENT. ODOR WAS MORE NOTICEABLE ON THE NR 2 ENGINE. MAINTENANCE RAN THE AUXILIARY POWER UNIT BLEED AND FOUND NO DEFECTS. BOTH ENGINES WERE RUN WITH P3 AIR ON, AND NO OIL ODOR WAS NOTED FROM EITHER ENGINE. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.