What was found
APU BLEED OPEN AT GATE, THE ODOR OF RESIDUAL OIL IN CABIN. APU FOUND TO BE SOURCE OF CABIN ODOR DUE TO OIL IN BLEED AIR SYSTEM, CHANGED APU. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED.
- Difficulty date
- February 9, 2017
- Submitted
- February 13, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N837AW
- Make and model
- Airbus A319132
- Aircraft serial
- 2595
- Aircraft time
- 36,086 hours, 16,403 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4950 · APU Bleed Air System
- Part
- Bleed Air Sys
- Condition
- Contaminated
- Location
- Apu
- Part time
- 29,446 hours, 10,192 cycles
- Stage of operation
- TX
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- B
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.