Service difficulty report · O-Ring · Airbus A321211

Difficulty date
February 15, 2021
Submitted
February 18, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N171US
Make and model
Airbus A321211
Aircraft serial
1465
Aircraft time
66,157 hours, 24,860 cycles
Part
O-Ring
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Apu Bay
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: FLIGHT ATTENDANTS COMPLAINED OF BURNING RUBBER SMELL IN CABIN AND PASSENGER COMPLAINTS ABOUT BREATHING. IN COCKPIT WE SMELLED DEICE FLUID. RETURNED TO CLT. DECLARED EMERGENCY. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: FLIGHT ATTENDANTS COMPLAINED OF BURNING RUBBER SMELL IN CABIN AND PASSENGER COMPLAINTS ABOUT BREATHING. IN COCKPIT WE SMELLED DEICE FLUID. RETURNED TO CLT. DECLARED EMERGENCY. REMOVED AND REPLACED APU GENERATOR "O" RING IAW AMM 24-23-51. ACCOMPLISHED J/C 26L00021001, 26L00021002, 26L00021004.

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