What was found
APU FOUND TO BE CAUSE OF CABIN ODOR, SUSPECT INTERNAL LEAK. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. REPLACED THE APU.
- Difficulty date
- March 6, 2018
- Submitted
- March 22, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N661AW
- Make and model
- Airbus A320232
- Aircraft serial
- 1284
- Aircraft time
- 61,810 hours, 23,353 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4920 · APU Core Engine
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 38002784WGEN
- Part serial
- R237CAC
- Condition
- Odor
- Location
- Zone 100
- Part time
- 71,561 hours, 30,107 cycles
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- B
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.