Service difficulty report · Structure · Airbus A320214

Difficulty date
April 14, 2017
Submitted
April 27, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N125UW
Make and model
Airbus A320214
Aircraft serial
4086
Aircraft time
21,126 hours, 10,870 cycles
Part
Structure
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Apu Bay
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. ACRID ODOR FROM TOP FL 180 TO LANDING AND GATE ARRIVAL. REPORTED BY FWD CABIN AND FWD GALLEY AREA. OBSERVED IN FLT DECK SUSPECT AIR COND/APU BLEED AIR. INSPECTED APU INTAKE PLENUM. FOUND SIGNIFICANT EVIDENCE OF OIL COLLECTION AT PLENUM FRAME CHANNEL, SHAFT AND SCREEN AREA. ACCOMPLISHED VISUAL INSPECTION OF APU FOR EXTERNAL OIL LEAKS, REF J/C 26L00021001. NO OIL LEAKS FOUND AT THIS TIME. MOC NOTIFIED REMOVED MEL 49-1B, C/N 1542C25.

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