What was found
STRONG ODOR IN THE CABIN DURING DESCENT, TRHOUGHOUT CABIN. APU DETERMINED TO BE SOURCE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. REPLACED APU.
- Difficulty date
- January 6, 2018
- Submitted
- January 29, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N284AY
- Make and model
- Airbus A330243
- Aircraft serial
- 1095
- Aircraft time
- 33,260 hours, 4,891 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2100 · Air Conditioning System
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- GTCP331350
- Part serial
- R559C
- Condition
- Odor
- Part time
- 71,129 hours, 10,230 cycles
- Stage of operation
- DE
- 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.