What was found
CABIN ODOR REPORT RECEIVED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. FOUND SOURCE OF ODOR TO COME FROM THE APU COMPARTMENT, APU COOLING FAN LEAKING OIL. REPLACED THE APU COOLING FAN IAW AMM 49-52-51. LEAK AND OPS CHECKED GOOD.
- Difficulty date
- October 16, 2018
- Submitted
- October 23, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N679AW
- Make and model
- Airbus A320232
- Aircraft serial
- 2613
- Aircraft time
- 44,742 hours, 16,945 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4900 · Airborne Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) System
- Part
- Cooling Fan
- Part number
- 361614010
- Part serial
- P0233
- Condition
- Leaking
- Location
- Apu
- Part time
- 282,700 hours, 11,256 cycles
- Stage of operation
- CR
- 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.