SDR 0301753142

Service difficulty report · Apu · Airbus A319114

Difficulty date
September 12, 2003
Submitted
September 16, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N342NB
Make and model
Airbus A319114
Aircraft serial
01746
Aircraft time
3,729 hours, 1,813 cycles
Part
Apu
Part number
1319A
Part serial
R2466
Condition
Leaking
Part time
3,729 hours, 1,813 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING CLIMB AND CRUISE, FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED AN ODOR IN THE CABIN. EVENTUALLY COCKPIT CREW ALSO NOTICED THE ODOR. FLIGHT CONTINUED TO DESTINATION AND AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS PERFORMED. MAINTENANCE FOUND AN APU OIL LEAK. REPLACED THE APU, PACK BURNOUT PERFORMED, AND OZONE CONVERTERS AND RECIRCULATION FILTERS WERE REPLACED.

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