What was found
FLIGHT 489, EN-ROUTE CREW NOTICED ODOR IN COCKPIT & FWD CABIN DURING IDLE DESCENT. THE FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. DETERMINED THE SOURCE OF ODOR TO BE THE APU. R & R APU IAW 26L31049003, OPERATIONS GOOD.
- Difficulty date
- May 29, 2015
- Submitted
- June 1, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N814AW
- Make and model
- Airbus A319132
- Aircraft serial
- 1281
- Aircraft time
- 50,360 hours, 21,126 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4920 · APU Core Engine
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 38002784
- Part serial
- R993
- Condition
- Odor
- Location
- Apu Bay
- Part time
- 46,792 hours, 19,017 cycles
- Stage of operation
- DE
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- B
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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