What was found
FLIGHT ATTENDANT & CREW COMPLAINED OF FUMES, AND BREATHING DIFFICULTIES IN CABIN. FOUND THE APU GENERATOR LEAKING. CLEANED AREA AROUND APU INLET, REPLACED APU GENERATOR. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED.
- Difficulty date
- April 3, 2017
- Submitted
- April 6, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N165US
- Make and model
- Airbus A321211
- Aircraft serial
- 1431
- Aircraft time
- 54,423 hours, 20,373 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2421 · AC Generator-Alternator
- Part
- Generator
- Part number
- 59136674
- Part serial
- 3633
- Condition
- Leaking
- Location
- Apu
- Part time
- 49,618 hours, 23,279 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.