What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: DURING DESCENT AT 7, 000 FEET FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED A STRONG DIRTY SOCK SMELL. MAINTENANCE FOUND OIL LEAKING FROM THE LOAD COMPRESSOR DRAIN. REPLACED APU PER TASK CARD 26L31049005.
- Difficulty date
- July 24, 2021
- Submitted
- July 29, 2021
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N673AW
- Make and model
- Airbus A320232
- Aircraft serial
- 2312
- Aircraft time
- 54,956 hours, 21,710 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4990 · APU Oil System
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 38002784
- Part serial
- R232C
- Condition
- Leaking
- Location
- Zone 100
- Part time
- 84,144 hours, 38,823 cycles
- Stage of operation
- DE
- 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.