Service difficulty report · Unknown · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
December 9, 2013
Submitted
December 13, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N450QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4452
Aircraft time
196 hours, 214 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cabin
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.

What was found

ON THE GROUND WITH APU RUNNING AND BLEEDS ON, FLIGHT DECK AND CABIN FILLED WITH WHITE SMOKE LIKE SUBSTANCE. WHEN APPROACHING ACFT, NOTICED ACFT WAS RECENTLY DE-ICED PERFORMED GVI OF APU AREA, NOTICE APU COMPARTMENT WAS WET W/ DE-ICE FLUID. CLEAN APU AREA. COMPLIED WITH MCN NO 62172-01 FOR TROUBLESHOOTING OF SMELL IN ACFT, REF PROCEDURE 3, ODOR OR SMOKE WAS CAUSED FROM DE-ICE FLUID FROM APU. COMPLIED WITH AMM TASK 21-00-00-160-801 FOR REMOVAL OF ODOR FROM ACFT DUCT. NO ODOR WAS NOTED DURING CHECK AND NO SMOKE WAS NOTED. TAXI ACFT TO RUN PAD AND GROUND RAN ENGINES AT POWER WITH BLEEDS ON AND NO ODOR OR SMOKE LIKE SUBSTANCES NOTED IN CABIN OR FLT DECK. PERFORMED OPS TEST OF PSU IAW AMM TASK 21-22-00-710-801. OPS TEST GOOD. NO ODOR OR SMOKE LIKE SUBSTANCES NOTED. NO OTHER DEFECTS NOTED.