What was found
AS SOON AS APU BLEED WAS TURNED ON A STRONG MUSTY ODOR WAS EVIDENT THROUGHOUT THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. REPLACED THE APU IAW JC 26L31049003.
- Difficulty date
- December 28, 2018
- Submitted
- February 5, 2019
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N712US
- Make and model
- Airbus A319112
- Aircraft serial
- 1038
- System (JASC)
- 4950 · APU Bleed Air System
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 38007081WGEN
- Part serial
- P3797
- Condition
- Odor
- Location
- Apu Bay
- Part time
- 23,321 hours, 11,432 cycles
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- B
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.