What was found
VERY STRONG FUME SMELL IN COCKPIT AND CABIN. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. SOURCE OF ODOR FOUND TO BE APU. REPLACED THE APU.
- Difficulty date
- January 9, 2018
- Submitted
- February 5, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N746UW
- Make and model
- Airbus A319112
- Aircraft serial
- 1297
- Aircraft time
- 46,251 hours, 29,609 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4920 · APU Core Engine
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 38007081WG
- Part serial
- P4059
- Condition
- Odor
- Location
- Apu Bay
- Part time
- 26,721 hours, 10,599 cycles
- Stage of operation
- NR
- 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.