What was found
CABIN ODOR. HAPPENED WHEN APU AIR WAS TURNED ON. AIR OK IAW CREW UNTIL THEN. FOUND AUXILLIARY POWER UNIT TO BE THE SOURCE OF THE ODOR REPLACED APU DUE TO LOAD COMPRESSOR INTERNAL OIL LEAK. THE ACFT WAS GROUNDED.
- Difficulty date
- June 13, 2018
- Submitted
- June 15, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N730US
- Make and model
- Airbus A319112
- Aircraft serial
- 1182
- Aircraft time
- 50,480 hours, 29,609 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2120 · Air Distribution System
- Part
- Apu
- Condition
- Leaking
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- K, B
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.