Service difficulty report · Oil Cooler · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
July 26, 2019
Submitted
July 29, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N647AW
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
762
Aircraft time
74,351 hours, 28,581 cycles
Part
Oil Cooler
Part number
38807991
Part serial
9814008600227
Condition
Leaking
Location
Apu
Part time
51,294 hours, 20,918 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
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.

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: PILOT REPORTS AFTER T.O. WHEN RE-CONFIG FROM APU BLEED TO ENG BLEED, ODOR FILLED CABIN & COCKPIT, DISSIPATED SHORTLY THERE AFTER, ALL SIGN OF ODOR GONE AFTER 30MIN. MAINTENANCE FOUND APU OIL COOLER LEAKING. REMOVED AND REPLACED APU OIL COOLER AND FAN ASSEMBLY. CLEANED APU COMPARTMENT IAW AMM 49-00-00. NO FURTHER ODORS NOTED.

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