Service difficulty report · Apu · Emb ERJ170200LR

Difficulty date
May 18, 2024
Submitted
May 20, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N261SY
Make and model
Emb ERJ170200LR
Aircraft serial
17000704
Aircraft time
15,364 hours, 11,193 cycles
Part
Apu
Part number
UNKNOWN
Condition
Odor
Location
Zone 100
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
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

WHEN APU ON THERE€™S A SMELL OF SOMETHING BURNING COMING FROM VENTS. (FLIGHT 4174 FILED CLOSED)THIS DISCREPANCY WAS TRANSFERRED TO CAMP ITEM 28254361 WITH THE FOLLOWING CORRECTIVE ACTION: "INSPECTED APU AIR INTAKE SCREEN FOR CLEANLINESS IN REFERENCE WITH ERJ175 AMM 49-00-00-910-801-A. FOUND BOTTOM OF AIR INTAKE SCREEN TO BE COVERED WITH A PLETHORA OF CICADAS, PLEASE SEE ATTACHED PICTURE. CLEANED AND PICKED OUT ALL VISIBLE CICADAS. RAN APU, OPENED ALL GASPERS THROUGHOUT COCKPIT AND CABIN, AND IN REFERENCE WITH AMM 21-21-00-710-801-A & AMM 21-22-00-710-801-A CHECKED DISTRIBUTION OF SMELL. SMELL WAS NOTICED BRIEFLY FOR FIRST 5 MIN OF OPERATION W/ EITHER PACK 1 OR 2 ON. TURNED BOTH COCKPIT AND CABIN TEMPERATURE TO FULL HOT AND CONTINUED OPERATION FOR 15 MORE MINUTES, SMELL DISAPPEARED. CONTINUED OPERATIONS FOR 15 MORE MINUTES WITH ALL CABIN DOORS OPENED. NO HINT OF BURNING SMELL NOTICED THROUGHOUT COCKPIT AND CABIN. REINSPECTED APU AIR INTAKE SCREEN, NO FURTHER OBSTRUCTIONS NOTED."

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