Service difficulty report · Apu · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
March 13, 2018
Submitted
March 16, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N659AW
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
1166
Aircraft time
63,850 hours, 24,049 cycles
Part
Apu
Condition
Contaminated
Stage of operation
NR
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

ON BOARDING THE ACFT, STRONG ODOR THROUGHOUT THE AIRPLANE AND ON THE JETWAY. THE ACFT WAS POWERED BY THE JETWAY FOR ELECTRIC AND APU FOR AIR. ACCOMPLISHED J/C26L00021001 ODOR FUMES INITIAL TROUBLESHOOTING AND J/C26L00021002 FOR THE APU SMOKE ODOR AND J/C26L00021004 FOR DECONTAMINATION OF THE ENVIORMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM. SOURCE TO BE GLYCOL IN THE APU INLET. NO FURTHER ODOR NOTED.

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