- Difficulty date
- June 9, 2019
- Submitted
- June 19, 2019
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Airbus A320232
- Aircraft serial
- 1419
- Aircraft time
- 63,200 hours, 24,209 cycles
- Part
- Actuator
- Part number
- 38832203
- Part serial
- 1190
- Condition
- Leaking
- Location
- Apu Fuel
- Part time
- 59,770 hours, 23,577 cycles
- Stage of operation
- NR
- 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.
What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: PILOT REPORTS APU FUEL SMELL WITH APU BLEED ON. MAINTENANCE FOUND APU FUEL FILTER BOWL LEAKING. REMOVED & REPLACED APU FUEL FILTER BOWL O-RING IAW AMM 49-32-41. LEAK CHECK GOOD. IGV ACTUATOR LEAKING FROM DRAIN EXCESSIVELY UPON START-UP AND SHUT DOWN. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED APU IGV ACTUATOR IAW AMM 49-23-51, OPS CHECK GOOD.