Service difficulty report · Apu · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
December 10, 2022
Submitted
December 16, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N536UW
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
4025
Aircraft time
39,861 hours, 15,852 cycles
Part
Apu
Part number
38007081
Part serial
P5382
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Zone 100
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. AFTER TAKE OFF, DURING CLIMB, A DIRTY - MUSTY ODOR IN THE FRONT AND REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTED. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO CLT WHERE IT LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. MAINTENANCE ISOLATED THE SOURCE OF THE ODOR TO THE APU. MAINTENANCE CLEANED THE APU COMPARTMENT AND THE APU AIR INTAKE IAW AMM 49-00-00-100-003-A AND TASK CARD 26T31049006. ACCOMPLISHED A DECONTAMINATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM IAW TASK CARD 26L00021004. A SATISFACTORY LEAK AND OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITH NO ODORS BEING NOTED.

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