Service difficulty report · Apu · Dorner DO328100

Difficulty date
February 5, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N458PS
Make and model
Dorner DO328100
Aircraft serial
3068
Engine
Pwa PW119B
Propeller
Hartzl HDE6C3B
Part
Apu
Part number
GTCP36150DD
Condition
Smoking
Location
Aft Fuselage
Part time
45,243 hours
Stage of operation
CL
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

AFTER T/O, THE COCKPIT AND CABIN FILLED WITH SMOKE. CREW SHUT DOWN ENVIROMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEMS AND RECIRCULATION FANS. ALSO, APU WAS SHUT DOWN. THE SMOKE CLEARED FROM THE A/C. THE A/C RETURNED TO THE FIELD AND LANDED, W/O ANY FURTHER INCIDENTS. MX INSPECTED AND DETERMINED DE-ICE FLUID WAS INGESTED INTO APU, AND CAUSED THE SMOKE. MX RAN THE ENVIROMENTAL SYSTEMS, IAW DORNIER MM 21-21-00 TO REMOVE ANY RESIDUAL SMELLS FROM THE SYSTEM, AND DEFERRED THE APU IAW THE DORNIER 328 MEL. A/C WAS RETURNED TO SERV. 06 FEB 98, THE APU WAS OP'S CHECKED IAW DORNIER MM 49-10-00 AND 21-21-00. THE DEFERRAL WAS REMOVED, AND THE A/C WAS RETURNED TO SERV.