What was found
FLIGHT 3418, CREW REPORTED AN OIL ODOR COMING FROM PACKS DURING ALL PHASES OF FLIGHT. ODOR WAS WORSE WITH ENGINES AT IDLE. COMPLIED WITH ETN-EM-72-034 WITH NO ODOR NOTED. FOUND APU OVERSERVICED.
- Difficulty date
- February 28, 2013
- Submitted
- March 4, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N724AE
- Make and model
- Emb EMB135LR
- Aircraft serial
- 145301
- Aircraft time
- 27,726 hours, 24,971 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4990 · APU Oil System
- Part
- Oil System
- Condition
- Overserviced
- Location
- Apu
- Stage of operation
- CR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- W, B
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.