Service difficulty report · O-Ring · Airbus A319112

Difficulty date
July 30, 2016
Submitted
August 1, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N765US
Make and model
Airbus A319112
Aircraft serial
1371
Aircraft time
42,028 hours, 27,535 cycles
Part
O-Ring
Condition
Missing
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, B
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

AFTER LANDING, FUMES NOTED IN CABIN & FLIGHT DECK WITH APU SUPPLYING BLEED PRESSURE. SWITCHED TO ENGINE BLEED NO DIFFERENCE. STARTED GETTING THE ODOR INITIALLY WHILE STOPPED ON RAMP. MAINTENANCE HAS ISOLATED THE SOURCE OF THE ODOR TO THE APU AND HAS PLACED IT ON MEL AS INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE FOUND APU STARTOR O-RING MISSING CAUSING LEAKAGE. REPLACED O RING PER AMM 49-42-51-400 AND ACCOMPLISHED SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL CHECK.

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