Service difficulty report · Seal · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
August 16, 2016
Submitted
August 19, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N655AW
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
1075
Aircraft time
60,157 hours, 22,569 cycles
Part
Seal
Condition
Leaking
Location
Apu Turbine
Part time
53,757 hours, 19,656 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

FLIGHT CREW REPORTED DIRTY SOCK ODOR AT THE GATE WHILE COOLING DOWN THE AIRCRAFT WITHE THE APU. THE AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. THE CREW EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND MAINTENANCE DETERMINED THE APU WAS THE SOURCE OF THE ODOR DUE TO OIL LEAKING FROM THE TURBINE SEAL. REPLACED APU IAW TASK CARD 26L31043005 AND ACCOMPLISHED DECONTAMINATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM PER TASK CARD 26L00021004.

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