What was found
WITH APU BLEED ON, THERE WAS A STRONG OIL ODOR IN THE COCKPIT. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. MAINTENANCE ACCOMPLISHED TROUBLESHOOTING AND DECONTAMINATION, CLEANED APU LOAD COMPRESSOR AND PERFORMED SATISFACTORY OPS CHECK.
- Difficulty date
- July 16, 2018
- Submitted
- July 19, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N837AW
- Make and model
- Airbus A319132
- Aircraft serial
- 2595
- Aircraft time
- 39,599 hours, 18,463 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4900 · Airborne Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) System
- Part
- Cooling Fan
- Part number
- 361614010
- Part serial
- P4116C
- Condition
- Faulty
- Location
- Apu
- Part time
- 29,112 hours, 11,077 cycles
- 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.