Service difficulty report · Apu · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
December 6, 2018
Submitted
December 11, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N647AW
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
762
Aircraft time
72,505 hours, 27,665 cycles
Part
Apu
Condition
Odor
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, B
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

DIRTY SOCK ODOR FROM APU. ODOR WENT AWAY AFTER APU BLEED TURNED OFF. THE AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. FOUND APU AS SOURCE OF ODOR AND REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED JOB CARDS 26L00021001, 26L00021002 AND 26L00021004. FOUND FOUR DIFFERENT OIL LEAKS, APU COMPARTMENT CONTAMINATED WITH CLYCOL (DE-ICE FLUID). APU INTAKE ELBOW DE-LAMINATED AND SOAKED WITH OIL. NO ODOR PRESENT AFTER DECONTAMINATION.

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