What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: CHEMICAL ODOR DETECTED ON THE AIRCRAFT, STRONGEST IN THE AFT CABIN CAUSED CREW TO FEEL NAUSEOUS AND BURNING EYE SENSATION. ACCOMPLISHED SIC 05-96-70,05-96-85 .REMOVED AND REPLACED APU IAW SIC 49-94-11.
- Difficulty date
- April 24, 2020
- Submitted
- April 27, 2020
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N4005X
- Make and model
- Airbus A319115
- Aircraft serial
- 5753
- Aircraft time
- 18,743 hours, 8,934 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4920 · APU Core Engine
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- CTY2721501
- Part serial
- P5757
- Condition
- Leaking
- Location
- Zone 100
- Part time
- 8,047 hours, 6,428 cycles
- Stage of operation
- CL
- 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.