Service difficulty report · Oil System · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
November 10, 2019
Submitted
November 13, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N559UW
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
5292
Aircraft time
24,280 hours, 9,678 cycles
Part
Oil System
Condition
Leaking
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, 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 ON DESENT TO PHX ACRID SMELL IN FLT DECK SELECTED PACK 1 OFF ODOR DISAPATED. MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOT IAW JOB CARD 26L00021001, FOUND EVIDENCE OIL LEAK FROM APU. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATING AND MULTIPLE BURNOUTS NO LEAKS NOTED ON APU, THE SOURCE OF ODOR WAS CAUSED BY A PRE-EXISTING CONTAMINATION. JOB CARDS 26L00021002, AND 26L00021004 DECONTAMINATION ECS. NO ODOR IN FLIGHT DECK OR CABIN NOTED.

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