Service difficulty report · Apu · Airbus A319112

Difficulty date
October 7, 2018
Submitted
October 17, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N767UW
Make and model
Airbus A319112
Aircraft serial
1382
Aircraft time
46,825 hours, 30,168 cycles
Part
Apu
Part number
38007081WGEN
Part serial
P3351
Condition
Leaking
Location
Zone 200
Part time
28,662 hours, 19,431 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, B
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DURING CLIMB OUT, SMELLED AN ODOR OF DIRTY SOCKS. SHORT TIME LATER FLIGHT ATTENDANTS CALLED TO REPORT OF THE SAME ODOR. THE AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. ACCOMPLISHED INITIAL TROUBLESHOOTING IAW J/C 26L00021001, AND J/C 26L00021002. DETERMINED THE APU TO BE THE SOURCE OF THE ODOR. AIRCRAFT DRY WASHED IAW J/C 26L00012005. COMPLIED WITH ECS DECONTAMINATION IAW J/C 26L00021004. AFTER DECONTAMINATION RAN PACKS FOR 30 MINUTES. NO ODOR NOTED.

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