Service difficulty report · Apu · Airbus A319112

Difficulty date
March 1, 2018
Submitted
March 5, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N758US
Make and model
Airbus A319112
Aircraft serial
1348
Aircraft time
44,923 hours, 29,997 cycles
Part
Apu
Part number
38007081
Part serial
P3736
Condition
Contaminated
Part time
29,141 hours, 12,624 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

CABIN ODOR REPORTED AND UPON INITIAL TROUBLESHOOTING ACCOMPOLISED AT GATE ISOLATED TO APU NO EXTERNAL LEAKS ON APU BUT IT WAS OVER SERVICED. SERVICED APU TO CORRECT LEVEL RAN PACKS WITH APU STILL HAVE ODOR. MOVED ACFT TO REMOTE NORTH PAD FOR ENGINE RUN AND TO ACCOMPLISH J/C 26L00021004 DECON OF PACKS (PACK BURN OUT). RAN PACKS ON ENGINE NR 1 AND 2 INDIVIDUALLY THEN BOTH FOR AN HOUR, EACH TIME THE CABIN AIR QUALITY IMPROVED AND NOW WITH JUST THE ENGINES RUNNING THE PACKS ODOR IS GONE. AC OK FOR SERVICE.

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