Service difficulty report · Oil Cooler · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
December 24, 2019
Submitted
December 27, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N647AW
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
762
Aircraft time
75,393 hours, 29,198 cycles
Part
Oil Cooler
Part number
38627753
Part serial
R879
Condition
Leaking
Location
Apu
Part time
52,232 hours, 19,851 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, B
Precautionary procedure
H

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 STRONG OIL FUME SMELL, SEEMS BETTER WITH LEFT PACK OFF. OCCURRED WITH BOTH ENGINE AND APU BLEED AIR. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE APU OIL COOLER FAN LEAKING. REMOVED AND REPLACED APU OIL COOLER FAN ASSEMBLY IAW AMM 49-52-51. OPS AND LEAK CHECK GOOD.

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