What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: SMELL OF DIRTY SOCKS DURING DESCENT. MAINTENANCE ISOLATED THE SOURCE OF THE ODOR TO THE APU. (OPEN)
- Difficulty date
- December 4, 2022
- Submitted
- December 7, 2022
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N169UW
- Make and model
- Airbus A321211
- Aircraft serial
- 1455
- Aircraft time
- 69,248 hours, 26,389 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4950 · APU Bleed Air System
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 38007081
- Part serial
- P3659
- Condition
- Odor
- Location
- Zone 100
- Part time
- 34,044 hours, 21,172 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.