What was found
ODOR IN CABIN, REPORTED BY FLIGHT ATTENDANT, AFT AND REPORTED A DIRTY SOCK ODOR DURING DESCENT. ACCOMPLISHED J/C 26L00021001 AND J/C 26L00021002, FOUND APU TO BE SOURCE OF CABIN ODOR. THE AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED.
- Difficulty date
- June 7, 2018
- Submitted
- June 12, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N654AW
- Make and model
- Airbus A320232
- Aircraft serial
- 1050
- Aircraft time
- 66,286 hours, 24,911 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4900 · Airborne Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) System
- Part
- Apu
- Condition
- Odor
- Location
- Apu Bay
- 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.