SDR AALA2019030489013

Service difficulty report · Apu · Airbus A330243

Difficulty date: February 27, 2019
Submitted: March 18, 2019
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N291AY
Make and model: Airbus A330243
Aircraft serial: 1502
Aircraft time: 20,512 hours, 3,236 cycles
System (JASC): 4900 · Airborne Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) System
Part: Apu
Part number: 38004546WGEN
Part serial: P1192
Condition: Odor
Location: 0000
Part time: 34,215 hours, 4,739 cycles
Stage of operation: DE
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.

What was found

DURING DESCENT, EXPERIENCED A FUME EVENT. DIRTY SOCK, MUSTY, OIL ODOR IN THE COCKPIT, CONTINUED DESCENT THRU 16,000 FT, IDLE POWER AND WING ANTI-ICE ON, OIL QUANTITY 17 QTS. FUMES SEEMED TO CONTINUE THRU ENGINE SHUTDOWN. MAINTENANCE TRACKED THE SOURCE OF THE ODOR TO THE APU. REPLACED THE APU, NO FURTHER ODORS WERE NOTED.

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