What was found
MSO-CABIN FILLED WITH SMOKE, PROBABLE CAUSE IS APU.REMOVED AND REPLACED APU. OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.
- Difficulty date
- December 8, 2000
- Submitted
- December 29, 2000
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N498US
- Make and model
- Fokker F28MK4000
- Aircraft serial
- 11181
- Aircraft time
- 38,176 hours, 48,941 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4980 · APU Exhaust System
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 38075412
- Part serial
- P37668
- Condition
- Inoperative
- Location
- Tail
- Part time
- 57 hours, 52 cycles
- Stage of operation
- UK
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.