Service difficulty report · Seal · Airbus A319131

Difficulty date
September 6, 2007
Submitted
September 11, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N826UA
Make and model
Airbus A319131
Aircraft serial
989
Aircraft time
29,361 hours, 11,378 cycles
Engine
Iae V2522A5
Part
Seal
Condition
Leaking
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
TX
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

APU SMOKING UPON ARRIVAL INTO SFO AT GATE WITH OIL COMING OUT OF TAILPIPE. REPLACED APU. MANUFACTURER CHANGED EPOXY IN '06. UAL'S 1ST INCIDENT OCCURRED 12/23/06 AND HAS HAD 6 ADDITIONAL INCIDENTS SINCE. 4026 WAS THE 1ST SDR AND THE LAST OCCURRANCE. MANUFACTURER HAS SINCE ADDRESSED THE PROBLEM FOR ANY ESV'S AS OF 20070607. THE MTBF IS 2005 HRS, MCBF 2306. EP HAS REQUESTED A RESEARCH AS TO WHICH ENGINES HAVE THE OLD REPAIR METHOD APPLIED, CURRENTLY UNKNOWN.

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