Service difficulty report · Drain Line · Airbus A319112

Difficulty date
September 5, 2019
Submitted
September 6, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N767UW
Make and model
Airbus A319112
Aircraft serial
1382
Aircraft time
48,910 hours, 31,413 cycles
Part
Drain Line
Condition
Out Of Position
Location
Galley
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
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 DURING BOARDING, AFTER STARTING APU LOTS OF BROWN FLUID BLEW OUT OF THE AIR VENTS PRIMARILY IN THE AFT CABIN. ABOUT A GALLON OF BROWN FLUID ON AFT GALLEY FLOOR, PLUS SOME KIND OF STRANGE ODOR. FIRE DEPT. VERIFIED NON TOXIC. MAINTENANCE FOUND DRAIN AND VENT LINES CROSSED BEHIND THE G-5, REATTACHED IAW AMM 25-33-41. REMOVED, CLEANED, REINSTALLED ALL EFFECTED COMPONENTS.

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