# Incident 20130212012039I: Airbus A300 F4-622R, Louisville, KY, February 12, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 12, 2013, 01:00 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Standiford International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: IPXA
- Location: 38.2542° N, 85.7594° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Louisville, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2542&lon=-85.7594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N166UP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N166UP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus A300 F4-622R (registry code 3940003, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a300-f4-622r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW4158 (registry code 52061, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw4158) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A300 F4-622R
- Reported engine: P & W PW4158
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 5,446 total, 3,118 in this make and model, 92 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130212012039I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

UPS FLIGHT 605 DEPARTED ORD AT 11.15 PM CST ON 11 FEB 2013; ARRIVED SDF 01.02 CST. FLIGHT LOG SHOWED APU BLEED LEAK ECAM CAUTION DURING DESCENT WITH APU OFF AND APU BLEED VALVE CLOSED. NO OTHER INDICATIONS. CAUTION DISAPPEARED AFTER ABOUT 10 MINUTES. MAINTENANCE FOUND "AIR INTAKE FLAP" C/B POPPED. FIRE DAMAGE WAS EVIDENT IN APU COMPARTMENT. TESTS PERFORMED BY MAINTENANCE SHOWED THAT FUEL WOULD ENTER THE APU IF THE APU MASTER SWITCH WAS ON WITHOUT THE APU TURNING. IT WAS ALSO NOTED THT THE FUEL WOULD FLOW INTO THE APU AT A RATE BEYOND THE ABILITY OF THE DRAIN LINE TO DRAIN THE FUEL OVERBOARD. THE APU GUIDE VANE HAD MELTED AND WAS IN THE AIR INLET SCREEN AND THE AIR INLET DUCT. THE AIR INTAKE FLAP DOOR SHOWED FIRE DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT IS PLANNED TO BE FERRIED TO SAN ANTONIO FOR REPAIR AT SRXR AND THE APU IS TO BE SENT TO HONEYWELL FOR TEARDOWN.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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