What was found
. DURING DESCENT, CABIN AIR HAD MUSTY SMELL LIKE A DIRTY SOCK. PERFORMED CABIN ODOR TROUBLE SHOOTING AND FOUND SOURCE OF ODOR TO BE FROM AUXILIARY POWER UNIT. REPLACED AUXILIARY POWER UNIT.
- Difficulty date
- February 18, 2018
- Submitted
- February 19, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N118US
- Make and model
- Airbus A320214
- Aircraft serial
- 1264
- Aircraft time
- 52,781 hours, 24,842 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4920 · APU Core Engine
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 38007081WGEN
- Part serial
- P3765
- Condition
- Faulty
- Part time
- 30,797 hours, 14,654 cycles
- Stage of operation
- DE
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- B
- Precautionary procedure
- O
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