What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS GNDED. ACFT AIR SYS HAD ODOR AFTER ENG START FOR 5 MIN, CLEARED ON DEPARTURE, RETURNED ON LANDING, IRRITATING. DETERMINED THE SOURCE OF THE ODOR WAS THE APU & REPLACED IT IAW JC 33L31549001.
- Difficulty date
- January 15, 2016
- Submitted
- January 18, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N288AY
- Make and model
- Airbus A330243
- Aircraft serial
- 1441
- Aircraft time
- 9,504 hours, 1,458 cycles
- Engine time
- 58,708 hours, 8,229 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4920 · APU Core Engine
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 38004546
- Part serial
- R529C
- Condition
- Defective
- Location
- Zone 100
- Part time
- 58,708 hours, 8,229 cycles
- Stage of operation
- LD
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- B
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.