What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS GNDED. STRONG MUSTY OILY ODOR REPORTED BY FLIGHT ATTENDANT MID CABIN. PAX COMPLAINED AS WELL. DETERMINED THE ODOR WAS RELATED TO AN INTERNAL FAILURE OF THE APU & REPLACED THE APU IAW 26L31049003.
- Difficulty date
- March 12, 2016
- Submitted
- March 15, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N194UW
- Make and model
- Airbus A321211
- Aircraft serial
- 3629
- Aircraft time
- 25,217 hours, 9,838 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4920 · APU Core Engine
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 38007081
- Part serial
- P3399
- Condition
- Failed
- Location
- Zone 100
- Part time
- 24,309 hours, 13,102 cycles
- Stage of operation
- NR
- 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.