Service difficulty report · Apu · Airbus A319132

Difficulty date
October 1, 2018
Submitted
October 12, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N830AW
Make and model
Airbus A319132
Aircraft serial
1565
Aircraft time
55,248 hours, 24,377 cycles
Part
Apu
Part number
38002784
Part serial
R963
Condition
Leaking
Part time
59,704 hours, 24,477 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
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.

What was found

VOMIT/CHEMICAL ODOR REPORTED BY FLIGHT ATTENDANTS, VERY MILD DURING TAXI OUT, STRONGER DURING DESCENT. APU NOT USED FOR SHUTDOWN AS IT WOULD NOT START. APU IDENTIFIED AS SOURCE OF ODOR. APU FOUND TO BE LEAKING INTERNALLY. MAINTENANCE REPLACED APU IAW JC 26L31049005 AND COMPLETED WORK OF 26L00021002, AND 26L00021004 AND PERFORMED SASTISFACTORY OPERATIONAL CHECK.

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