What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS GNDED. CABIN ODOR NOTICED BY CREW AFTER APU BLEED ON. FOUND APU PLENUM INLET WET WITH OIL FROM A LEAK AT THE APU COOLING FAN, OIL COOLER OUTLET & VENTILATION NOZZLE. REPLACED APU IAW TASK CARD 26L31049005.
- Difficulty date
- March 10, 2016
- Submitted
- March 15, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N659AW
- Make and model
- Airbus A320232
- Aircraft serial
- 1166
- Aircraft time
- 58,399 hours, 21,537 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4920 · APU Core Engine
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 38002784
- Part serial
- R1003
- Condition
- Leaking
- Location
- Zone 100
- Part time
- 44,295 hours, 17,804 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.