What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED SMELLING A CHEMICAL / MUSTY ODOR IN AFT GALLEY AREA DURING DECENT. MAINTENANCE HAS ISOLATED THE SOURCE OF THE ODOR TO THE APU. (OPEN)
- Difficulty date
- November 2, 2021
- Submitted
- November 4, 2021
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N559UW
- Make and model
- Airbus A321231
- Aircraft serial
- 5292
- Aircraft time
- 28,962 hours, 11,597 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4990 · APU Oil System
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 38007081
- Part serial
- P3980
- Condition
- Odor
- Location
- Zone 100
- Part time
- 38,794 hours, 15,419 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.