What was found
BURNING ELECTRICAL OIL ODOR COMING FROM VENTS WITH APU RUNNING. BLEED AIR WAS SURGING DURING PROBLEM. AFTER SHUTDOWN OF APU, ODOR DISSIPATED AFTER APP 20-25 SECS.
- Difficulty date
- January 25, 2013
- Submitted
- January 28, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N406QX
- Make and model
- Bombdr DHC8402
- Aircraft serial
- 4048
- Aircraft time
- 28,061 hours, 29,277 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4900 · Airborne Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) System
- Part
- Apu
- Condition
- Odor
- Stage of operation
- TX
- 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.