SDR USAAF97045

Service difficulty report · Apu · Fokker F28MK4000

Difficulty date: May 12, 1997
Submitted: March 26, 2000
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N494US
Make and model: Fokker F28MK4000
Aircraft serial: 11167
System (JASC): 4900 · Airborne Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) System
Part: Apu
Part number: 38075412
Condition: Failed
Location: Tail Section
Stage of operation: TX
Nature of condition: J, B
Precautionary procedure: O

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

What was found

FLT 654 - CLT-ROA - AFTER AIRCRAFT PULLED AWAY FROM THE JETWAY FOR DEPARTURE, THE APU FAILED. THE CABIN FILLED WITH SMOKE. THE LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR SOUNDED, BUT THERE WAS NO APU FIRE INDICATION IN THE COCKPIT. PASSENGERS WERE EVACUATED DOWN THE ENTRY DOOR STAIRS. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE APU. (M)

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