What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: BOTH PILOTS SMELLED TOXIC FUMES- MUSTY ODOR FOR MOST OF FLIGHT. MAINTENANCE ISOLATED THE SOURCE OF THE ODOR TO THE APU. **SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED** (OPEN)
- Difficulty date
- May 11, 2023
- Submitted
- May 15, 2023
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N9013A
- Make and model
- Airbus A319115
- Aircraft serial
- 5827
- Aircraft time
- 26,190 hours, 12,385 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4900 · Airborne Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) System
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 38007081
- Part serial
- P5899
- Condition
- Odor
- Location
- Zone 100 - Fuse
- Part time
- 28,398 hours, 11,423 cycles
- 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.