What was found
PASSENGER REPORTS SMOKE FROM TAIL CONE. REMOVED FROM SERVICE. PERFORMED GVI OF TAILCONE AREA. FOUND DE-ICE FLUID TO BE PROBABLE CAUSE OF SMOKE RAN APU NO SMOKE NOTED. RETURNED TO SERVICE.
- Difficulty date
- April 5, 2024
- Submitted
- April 5, 2024
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N659QX
- Make and model
- Emb ERJ170200LR
- Aircraft serial
- 17000947
- Aircraft time
- 1,746 hours, 1,419 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5350 · Aerodynamic Fairings
- Part
- Tail Cone
- Part number
- UNKNOWN
- Condition
- Contaminated
- Location
- Aft
- Stage of operation
- TX
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- C, B
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.