Service difficulty report · Oil Cooler · Airbus A300*

Difficulty date
April 5, 2022
Submitted
April 7, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N584UW
Make and model
Airbus A300*
Aircraft serial
6194
Aircraft time
24,374 hours, 9,604 cycles
Part
Oil Cooler
Part number
1604941
Part serial
2816
Condition
Leaking
Location
Zone 100 - Fuse
Part time
33,413 hours, 13,754 cycles
Component
Apu · Honeywell · 1319A
Component part number
38007081
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A, O

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: ON CLIMB OUT, FLIGHT ATTENDANT CALLED THE FLIGHT DECK AND REPORTED THAT SEVERAL PASSENGERS WERE REPORTING FUMES AND A MUSTY ODOR IN THE CABIN. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO CLT WHERE IT LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. **ORIGINAL REPORT WAS AALA20220406867** MAINTENANCE FOUND OILS LEAKS AT THE APU OIL COOLING FAN AND THE APU OIL COOLER. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE APU COOLING FAN AND THE APU OIL COOLER (AALA202204074072), A SATISFACTORY LEAK / OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITH NO ODORS BEING NOTED.