What was found
CABIN ODOR DURING DESCENT, F/A BOTH FWD AND AFT SMELLED THE ODOR. AFT F/A ADVISED ON TAXI IN THE ODOR CHANGED TO AN OIL ODOR WAS ALSO DETECTED IN FLIGHT DECK. FOUND APU TO BE SOURCE OF CONTAMINATION. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED.
- Difficulty date
- June 28, 2017
- Submitted
- June 30, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N810AW
- Make and model
- Airbus A319132
- Aircraft serial
- 1116
- System (JASC)
- 4990 · APU Oil System
- Part
- Apu
- Condition
- Contaminated
- Stage of operation
- DE
- 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.