What was found
FAILED APU START ATTEMPT. STRONG FUEL ODOR IN COCKPIT & FUEL SPILLED ON GROUND UNDER APU. INTERROGATED CDS, FOUND IGNITION FAULT. PERFORMED START OF APU WITH NO DEFECTS. OK FOR SERVICE. COULD NOT DUPLICATE.
- Difficulty date
- June 7, 2013
- Submitted
- June 12, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N431QX
- Make and model
- Bombdr DHC8402
- Aircraft serial
- 4164
- Aircraft time
- 14,689 hours, 15,747 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4920 · APU Core Engine
- Part
- Apu
- Condition
- Unknown
- 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.