What was found
BAD ODOR FROM THE VENTS WHEN THE APU IS RUNNING AND THE APU BLEED IS ON. APU OIL LEAK. REPLACED APU ASSEMBLY. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED.
- Difficulty date
- February 12, 2017
- Submitted
- February 15, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N737US
- Make and model
- Airbus A319112
- Aircraft serial
- 1245
- Aircraft time
- 45,453 hours, 27,599 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4920 · APU Core Engine
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 38007081WGEN
- Part serial
- P3661
- Condition
- Odor
- Part time
- 25,100 hours, 12,498 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.