Service difficulty report · Cooling Fan · Airbus A319132

Difficulty date
October 13, 2019
Submitted
October 29, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N820AW
Make and model
Airbus A319132
Aircraft serial
1397
Aircraft time
60,479 hours, 26,944 cycles
Part
Cooling Fan
Part number
38627753
Part serial
P480C
Condition
Leaking
Location
Apu
Part time
36,468 hours, 14,109 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: PILOT REPORTS DIRTY SOCK SMELL WITH PACKS ON GND & CRUISE. MAINTENANCE FOUND SOURCE TO BE FROM APU. ***SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED APU OIL COOLING FAN IAW AMM 49-52-51 AND ACCOMPLISHED APU WASH IAW AMM 49-00-00-100-001-A. OPS GOOD, NO LEAKS FOUND.*** (CLOSED)

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