Service difficulty report · Odor · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
February 15, 2001
Submitted
February 19, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N827PH
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft serial
275
Aircraft time
24,624 hours, 34,427 cycles
Part
Odor
Condition
Detected
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

PDX- STRONG FUEL ODOR AFTER ENGINE START. GROUND RAN ENGINES. NO FUEL SMELL NOTED IN BLEED SYSTEM. SUSPECT SLIGHT TAIL WIND CAUSED FUEL VAPOR TO ENTER BLEED SYSTEM OF NR 2 ENGINE DURING NR 1 ENGINE START. NO PARTS REPLACED. OPERATIONAL CHECKS GOOD. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.