What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: A/C IN AFT CABIN HAS DIRTY SOCK/OILY SMELL WHEN FIRST STARTED. DISSIPATES AFTER 10 MINUTES. MAINTENANCE FOUND AN OIL LEAK AT THE INLET. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE INTAKE PLENUM IAW AMM 49-16-45.
- Difficulty date
- July 8, 2019
- Submitted
- July 10, 2019
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N661AW
- Make and model
- Airbus A320232
- Aircraft serial
- 1284
- Aircraft time
- 65,751 hours, 25,296 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4910 · APU Cowling/Containment
- Part
- Plenum
- Condition
- Leaking
- Location
- Apu
- Stage of operation
- TX
- 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.