What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: CREW REPORTED DIRTY SOCK SMELL ON TAXI OUT, TAKE OFF, DESCENT AND APPROACH. MAINTENANCE HAS ISOLATED THE SOURCE OF THE ODOR TO THE APU. **SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED** (OPEN)
- Difficulty date
- May 22, 2022
- Submitted
- May 23, 2022
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N814AW
- Make and model
- Airbus A300*
- Aircraft serial
- 1281
- Aircraft time
- 67,202 hours, 30,854 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4990 · APU Oil System
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 38002784
- Part serial
- R224CA
- Condition
- Odor
- Location
- Zone 100 - Fuse
- Part time
- 80,698 hours, 36,387 cycles
- Stage of operation
- TO
- 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.