What was found
AFTER DEPARTURE, THE CABIN HAD AN ODOR OF DIRTY SOCKS. FOUND APU CONTAMINATED, PERFORMED AN APU WASH, NO ODOR AT THIS TIME. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED.
- Difficulty date
- March 30, 2017
- Submitted
- April 3, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N678AW
- Make and model
- Airbus A320232
- Aircraft serial
- 2482
- Aircraft time
- 41,984 hours, 15,400 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4920 · APU Core Engine
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- V2527A5
- Part serial
- V10540
- Condition
- Contaminated
- Part time
- 60,846 hours, 22,734 cycles
- Stage of operation
- CL
- 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.