What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS GNDED. VERY DISTINCT OIL ODOR FROM PNEUMATIC SYS WHILE AT GATE. FOUND APU LEAKING OIL EXCESSIVELY, RESULTING IN THE APU BEING REPLACED. A SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL CHECK ACCOMPLISHED IAW TASK CARD 26L31049003.
- Difficulty date
- January 11, 2016
- Submitted
- January 13, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N708UW
- Make and model
- Airbus A319112
- Aircraft serial
- 972
- Aircraft time
- 47,160 hours, 2,709 cycles
- Engine
- Cfmint CFM565B6P
- Engine time
- 19,464 hours, 10,201 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4920 · APU Core Engine
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 38007081
- Part serial
- P3987
- Condition
- Leaking
- Location
- Zone 100
- Part time
- 19,464 hours, 10,201 cycles
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- K, B
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.