What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: DIRTY SOCK SMELL IN FLIGHT DECK ESPECIALLY WITH ENGINES AT IDLE DURING DESCENT TRIED TURNING NUMBER 2 BLEED OFF NO REAL CHANGE. MAINTENANCE HAS ISOLATED TO THE SOURCE OF THE ODOR TO THE APU. (OPEN)
- Difficulty date
- November 30, 2021
- Submitted
- December 1, 2021
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N104UW
- Make and model
- Airbus A320214
- Aircraft serial
- 863
- Aircraft time
- 58,975 hours, 34,415 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4900 · Airborne Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) System
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 38007081
- Part serial
- P4142
- Condition
- Odor
- Location
- Zone 100
- Part time
- 30,755 hours, 16,903 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.