SDR AALA201802139010

Service difficulty report · Reheater · Airbus A320214

Difficulty date: February 8, 2018
Submitted: February 13, 2018
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N102UW
Make and model: Airbus A320214
Aircraft serial: 844
Aircraft time: 52,797 hours, 27,440 cycles
System (JASC): 4900 · Airborne Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) System
Part: Reheater
Part number: 755C000001
Part serial: 04252
Condition: Contaminated
Location: Zone 200 - Fuse
Part time: 11,466 hours, 6,255 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.

What was found

ODOR IN REAR OF THE CABIN DURING DESCENT, AND AT THE GATE WITH APU RUNNING. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. ACCOMPLISHED J/C 26L00021001, 26L00021002, AND 26L00021004. FOUND AN INTERNAL OIL LEAK IN THE APU, CHANGED THE APU IAW MIC 3200612. ALL PACK COMPONENTS CHANGED, IAW MIC 3200613, 3200614, 3200615, AND 320616. REPLACED THE APU IAW J/C 26L31049003.

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