Service difficulty report · Apu · Dorner DO328100

Difficulty date
September 11, 2000
Submitted
September 22, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N441JS
Make and model
Dorner DO328100
Aircraft serial
3059
Aircraft time
12,789 hours, 11,231 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW119B
Propeller
Hartzl HDE6C3B
Part
Apu
Condition
Odor
Location
Apu Bay
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AS FLIGHT 4169 DEPARTED THE CREW SMELLED AN UNUSUAL ODOR IN THE COCKPIT AND BECAME LIGHT HEADED. THE CREW IMMEDIATELY RETURNED TO THE FIELD AND PROCEEDED TO THE GATE. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND DEFERRED THE AUXILARY POWER UNIT, FLIGHT 4169 THEN DEPARTED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.