Service difficulty report · None · Cndair CL6002B19

Difficulty date
May 2, 2022
Submitted
May 2, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N454SW
Make and model
Cndair CL6002B19
Aircraft serial
7749
Aircraft time
39,821 hours, 35,539 cycles
Part
None
Condition
Odor
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

D: APU DID NOT START DURING DESCENT BELOW 15000. TRIED AGAIN AFTER TWO MIN APU STARTED BUT A STRONG FUEL SMELL CAME THROUGH. SHUTDOWN APU. DID NOT ATTEMPT A RESTART. / C: MEL 49-10-1A / CAT C DUE 5/12/22 / APU DID NOT START DURING DESCENT BELOW 15000. TRIED AGAIN AFTER TWO MIN APU STARTED BUT A STRONG FUEL SMELL CAME THROUGH. SHUTDOWN APU. DID NOT ATTEMPT A RESTART. (FLIGHT 4760 - FILED CLOSED) MAY 02, 2022 STATION: ATW--UPON INSPECTION FOUND VERY SMALL RESIDUAL PUDDLE OF FUEL IN THE APU ENCLOSURE. CLEANED THE FUEL OUT OF THE APU ENCLOSURE AND THE RAN THE APU TO INVESTIGATE THE SMELL OF FUEL. RAN BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT PACK'S TO SEE IF WE COULD MAKE THE SMELLS COME BACK. COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE ODOR THROUGHOUT THE AIRCRAFT. DID THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES WITH THE SAME RESULTS. NO ODORS TO BE FOUND. WHILE RUNNING THE APU THE EGT WOULD SPIKE INTO THE YELLOW RANGE AND THEN DROP BACK DOWN INTO THE NORMAL GREEN. ALL WORK DOWN WAS DONE IN REFERENCE WITH FIM 21-21-00. NEEDS TO BE FURTHER TROUBLESHOOT AT THE NEXT OVERNIGHT DEFERRED THE APU PER CRJ 200 MEL 49-10-1A. COMPLIED WITH MX ACTIONS . PLACARDS INSTALLED.