What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: STRONG OIL/FUME SMELL BELOW 7000 FT DURING DESCENT. MAINTENANCE ISOLATED THE SOURCE OF THE ODOR TO THE APU. **SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT FOR AALA202204184485: REPLACED APU PER TASK CARD 26L31049003 ** (CLOSED)
- Difficulty date
- April 14, 2022
- Submitted
- April 26, 2022
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N587UW
- Make and model
- Airbus A300*
- Aircraft serial
- 6236
- Aircraft time
- 24,970 hours, 9,915 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4990 · APU Oil System
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 38007081
- Part serial
- 1319A
- Condition
- Odor
- Location
- Zone 100 - Fuse
- Part time
- 37,842 hours, 21,954 cycles
- Stage of operation
- DE
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- B
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.