Service difficulty report · Apu · Airbus A330243

Difficulty date
September 6, 2015
Submitted
September 9, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N290AY
Make and model
Airbus A330243
Aircraft serial
1480
Aircraft time
7,798 hours, 1,211 cycles
Part
Apu
Part number
GTCP331350
Part serial
R529C
Condition
Leaking
Location
Zone 200
Part time
58,434 hours, 8,180 cycles
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

COCKPIT & CABIN TEMP 104' - 98', STARTED ACFT AT THE GATE TO COOL FOR PAX BOARDING. AFTER STARTING NR 1 ENG, STRONG ODOR FILLED THE COCKPIT & CABIN, VERY STRONG SMELLY SOCK ODOR. SHUTDOWN BECAUSE THE WHOLE CREW COULD NOT TAKE THE SMELL ANY LONGER. ACCOMPLISHED ENG CABIN ODOR TROUBLESHOOTING IAW JC 33L00071001. ACCOMPLISHED A330 TROUBLESHOOTING CABIN AIR QUALITY. ACCOMPLISHED CLEANING APU BLEED AIR DUCTS IAW AMM 21-00-00-615-804-A805-A. REPLACED APU ASSEMBLY IAW JC 33L31549001 REF LOG PAGE 1354385. ACFT OK FOR SERVICE.

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