Service difficulty report · Apu · Airbus A321211

Difficulty date
July 22, 2016
Submitted
July 25, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N150UW
Make and model
Airbus A321211
Aircraft serial
5504
Aircraft time
11,201 hours, 4,660 cycles
Part
Apu
Part number
38007081
Part serial
P5382
Condition
Overserviced
Part time
11,206 hours, 4,664 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W, B
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

FUEL TYPE ODOR WAS REPORTED BY FLIGHT CREW UPON BOARDING THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO AND DURING THE BOARDING PROCESS. SOME MEMBERS OF THE FLIGHT CREW AND SEVERAL PASSENGERS REPORTED FEELING ILL DUE TO THE ODOR AND EVERYONE DEPLANED THE AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT GROUNDED. MAINTENACE OPERATED THE PACKS WITH ENGINE BLEED AIR WITH NO ODORS BEING NOTED AND SWITCHED TO APU BLEED AIR AND A SLIGHT SMELL WAS NOTED IN THE CABIN, MAINTENACE FOUND THE APU OIL OVERSERVICED AND DESERVICED IT TO THE PROPER LEVEL. THE PACKS WERE OPERATED FOR 1 HOUR WITH NO ODOR OR LEAKS BEING NOTED AND RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO SERVICE.

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