What was found
DIRTY SOCK ODOR, FOUND APU INOPERATIVE AND CAUSE OF CABIN ODOR. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. REPLACED THE APU JC 26L31049003. NO ODOR DURING APU OPERATIONS AFTER REPLACEMENT.
- Difficulty date
- August 3, 2018
- Submitted
- August 14, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N753US
- Make and model
- Airbus A319112
- Aircraft serial
- 1326
- Aircraft time
- 42,813 hours, 30,711 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4900 · Airborne Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) System
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 38007081WGEN
- Part serial
- P4323
- Condition
- Leaking
- Location
- Apu Bay
- Part time
- 21,518 hours, 13,083 cycles
- Stage of operation
- CR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- B
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.