What was found
FLIGHT ATTENDANTS REPORTED AN ODOR IN THE REAR OF AIRCRAFT. MAINTENANCE FOUND APU TO BE SOURCE OF ODOR AND REPLACED THE APU IAW JC 26L31049005. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED.
- Difficulty date
- January 2, 2018
- Submitted
- January 8, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N820AW
- Make and model
- Airbus A319132
- Aircraft serial
- 1397
- Aircraft time
- 56,079 hours, 24,351 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4920 · APU Core Engine
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 38002784
- Part serial
- R958
- Condition
- Odor
- Part time
- 55,667 hours, 23,301 cycles
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- B
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.