What was found
DIRTY SOCK ODOR REPORTED IN AFT AREA OF ACFT. FOUND OIL IN APU OIL INLET. ACCOMPLISHED TASK CARD 26L00021004 FOR DECONTAMINATION, NO CABIN ODOR AT COMPLETION . ACCOMPLISHED SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL CHECK. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED.
- Difficulty date
- September 2, 2017
- Submitted
- September 6, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N601AW
- Make and model
- Airbus A320232
- Aircraft serial
- 1935
- Aircraft time
- 48,283 hours, 17,859 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4990 · APU Oil System
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 38002784
- Part serial
- R262C
- Condition
- Leaking
- Location
- Apu Bay
- Part time
- 76,901 hours, 33,084 cycles
- 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.