Service difficulty report · Apu · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
November 11, 2022
Submitted
December 2, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N151AN
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
6840
Aircraft time
20,964 hours, 8,155 cycles
Part
Apu
Part number
38007081
Part serial
P6417
Condition
Contaminated
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
C, B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: DIRTY SOCK ODOR ON TAXI OUT APPROACH AND LANDING. DID NOT OBSERVE ODOR IN CRUISE. MAINTENANCE ISOLATED THE SOURCE OF THE ODOR TO THE APU. MAINTENANCE ACCOMPLISHED APU SMOKE/ODOR/FUME TROUBLESHOOTING TASK CARD 26L00021002 WITH NO ACTIVE LEAKS BEING NOTED. HOWEVER, MAINTENANCE NOTICED A BUILD UP OF CONTAMINATES IN THE APU PLENUM ELBOW AND CLEANED THE APU AIR INTAKE PER TASK CARD 26T31049006 ALONG WITH CLEANING THE APU COMPARTMENT PER AMM 49-00-00-100-03-A. THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM WAS DECONTAMINATED PER TASK CARD 26L00021004. A SATISFACTORY LEAK OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITH NO LEAKS OR ODROS BEING NOTED.

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