What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: ON DESCENT AND DURING GROUND OPERATIONS DIRTY SOCK SMELL STRONG NOT NOTICED DURING CRUISE. REPLACED APU AND ACCOMPLISHED A SATISFACTORY LEAK AND OPERATIONAL CHECK PER TASK CARD 26L31049003.
- Difficulty date
- February 11, 2021
- Submitted
- February 15, 2021
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N749US
- Make and model
- Airbus A319112
- Aircraft serial
- 1313
- Aircraft time
- 53,776 hours, 33,730 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4900 · Airborne Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) System
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 38007081
- Part serial
- P5843
- Condition
- Contaminated
- Location
- Apu Bay
- Part time
- 20,683 hours, 8,951 cycles
- Stage of operation
- DE
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- B
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.