What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: FUME/ODOR EVENT DURING DESCENT. FOLLOWED QUICK ACTIONS AND THE ODOR WENT AWAY. MAINTENANCE ISOLATED THE SOURCE OF THE ODOR TO THE APU. **SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED** (OPEN)
- Difficulty date
- June 20, 2022
- Submitted
- June 21, 2022
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N9016
- Make and model
- Airbus A300*
- Aircraft serial
- 6040
- Aircraft time
- 22,184 hours, 10,316 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4900 · Airborne Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) System
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 38007081
- Part serial
- P4370
- Condition
- Odor
- Location
- Zone 100 - Fuse
- Part time
- 39,211 hours, 15,456 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.