Service difficulty report · Oil Cooler · Airbus A300*

Difficulty date
August 7, 2022
Submitted
August 24, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N170US
Make and model
Airbus A300*
Aircraft serial
1462
Aircraft time
68,604 hours, 26,177 cycles
Part
Oil Cooler
Part number
1604941
Part serial
4516
Condition
Leaking
Location
Zone 100 - Fuse
Part time
16,677 hours, 6,337 cycles
Component
Apu · Honeywell · 1319A
Component part number
38007081
Stage of operation
CR
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.

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: WHILE AT CRUISE PRIOR TO TOP OF DESCENT. FA REPORTED DIRTY SOCK ODOR IN AFT GALLEY AFTER TOP OF DESCENT AND POWER REDUCTION THE ODOR SMELLED IN THE FLIGHT DECK. MAINTENANCE ISOLATED THE SOURCE OF THE ODOR TO THE APU. **ORIGINAL REPORT WAS AALA202208108429** REPLACED APU OIL COOLING FAN PER AMM 49-91-51. ALSO REPLACED THE APU OIL COOLER PER AMM 49-91-44. (AALA202208243124) A SATISFACTORY LEAK CHECK WAS ACCOMPLISHED.