Service difficulty report · Oil Cooler · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
August 26, 2021
Submitted
August 30, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N139AN
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
6687
Aircraft time
18,108 hours, 6,888 cycles
Part
Oil Cooler
Part number
1604941
Part serial
4516
Condition
Leaking
Location
Apu Oil
Part time
14,620 hours, 5,438 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
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.

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: UPON BOARDING SMELLED FOWL ODOR THAT WAS A COMBINATION OF BARNYARD OILY BURNING THAT CONTINUED THROUGHOUT THE FLIGHT. REPLACED APU OIL COOLING FAN PER AMM 49-52-51 (AALA202108305659) AND APU OIL COOLER (AALA202108309224) PER AMM 49-91-44. A SATISFACTORY LEAK AND OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS ACCOMPLISHED.

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