What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: APU AUTO SHUTDOWN AT GATE, RAMP REPORTS SEEING FLAMES & SMELL OF FUEL AT AFT SECTION OF AIRCRAFT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED APU IAW JOB CARD 26L31049005 LEAK AND OPS CHECK GOOD.
- Difficulty date
- November 10, 2019
- Submitted
- November 13, 2019
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N820AW
- Make and model
- Airbus A319132
- Aircraft serial
- 1397
- Aircraft time
- 60,700 hours, 27,057 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4920 · APU Core Engine
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 38002784WGEN
- Part serial
- R695C
- Condition
- Fire
- Part time
- 60,242 hours, 32,406 cycles
- Stage of operation
- TX
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- A
- Precautionary procedure
- E
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.