Service difficulty report · Oil Cooler · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
April 13, 2019
Submitted
April 16, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N667AW
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
1710
Aircraft time
59,618 hours, 22,641 cycles
Part
Oil Cooler
Part number
38807991
Part serial
93181
Condition
Leaking
Location
Apu Oil Sys
Part time
78,412 hours, 33,708 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
9
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

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: PILOT REPORTS DIRTY SOCK ODOR FROM COCKPIT TO AFT CABIN STARTED AFTER T.O. AND FOR 40 MIN INTO FLIGHT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE OIL COOLER LEAKING AND DETERMINED THAT WAS THE CAUSE OF THIS EVENT. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE APU OIL COOLER IAW CARD 26L000049004. OPS AND LEAK CHECK GOOD.

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