What was found
TRIED TO START THE APU WITH THE GPU. THE APU DID NOT START & THEN A BURNING SMELL WAS PRESENT IN THE COCKPIT. RESET GPU. STARTED APU IAW EMB GHC. NO DEFECTS NOTED.
- Difficulty date
- November 24, 2011
- Submitted
- November 25, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N802AE
- Make and model
- Emb EMB135KL
- Aircraft serial
- 145471
- Aircraft time
- 24,995 hours, 21,119 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4940 · APU Start/Ignition System
- Part
- Unknown
- Condition
- Malfunctioned
- Location
- Apu
- 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.