What was found
DURING ENGINE GROUND RUN-UP NOTICED HEAVY WHITE SMOKE ON START-UP AND AFTER SHUTDOWN OF RT ENGINE. R & R NL SENSOR SEALING TUBE PACKINGS IAW MM 72-00-02. ENGINE GROUND RUN -UP NO SMOKE NOTICED AT THIS TIME.
- Difficulty date
- October 23, 2011
- Submitted
- October 26, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N434AT
- Make and model
- Aerosp ATR72212
- Aircraft serial
- 434
- Aircraft time
- 29,210 hours, 32,341 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW127
- System (JASC)
- 7240 · Turbine Engine Combustion Section
- Part
- Packing
- Condition
- Unknown
- 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.