Service difficulty report · Oil System · Airbus A319132

Difficulty date
August 20, 2019
Submitted
September 18, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N821AW
Make and model
Airbus A319132
Aircraft serial
1406
Aircraft time
60,748 hours, 27,085 cycles
Part
Oil System
Condition
Leaking
Location
Apu
Component
Apu
Component part number
38002784WGEN
Stage of operation
NR
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

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: PILOT REPORTS BAD ODOR ON AIRCRAFT. STRONG ELECTRICAL, FUEL, AND OIL SMELL IN THE CABIN. ODOR AFFECTED DHD CREW MEMBERS WHO SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION. SYMPTOMS EXPERIENCED CONSISTED OF DIZZINESS AND HEADACHE. MAINTENANCE REPORTS DURING ACCOMPLISHMENT OF CARD 26L00021001, AN OIL LEAK WAS FOUND ON APU LOAD COMPRESSOR DRAIN TUBE. APU COMPARTMENT WAS CONTAMINATED WITH OIL. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE APU IAW JOB CARD 26L31049005. OPS CHECK GOOD. NO FURTHER ODORS NOTED.

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