SDR AALA201706059004

Service difficulty report · Compressor · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date: June 2, 2017
Submitted: June 9, 2017
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N604AW
Make and model: Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial: 1196
Aircraft time: 60,693 hours, 22,630 cycles
System (JASC): 4920 · APU Core Engine
Part: Compressor
Part number: 38002784
Part serial: R1031
Condition: Leaking
Location: Apu Engine
Part time: 47,150 hours, 17,328 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.

What was found

DURING CLIMB IN FLIGHT, APU OFF, ODOR IN AIRCRAFT. TURNED OFF PACK 1, AND ODOR DISSAPATED. MAINTENANCE ACCOMPLISHED CABIN ODOR JOB CARD 26L00021001 AND 26L0021002. DETERMINED APU TO BE SOURCE OF ODOR, LEAKING OIL FROM COMPRESSOR. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. ACCOMPLISHED JOB CARDS 26L00021002, 26L00021004 AND SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL CHECK.

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