What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: DESCENDING THROUGH FL100 VERY DISTINCTIVE DIRTY SOCK SMELL. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE APU PER TASK CARD 26L31049003.
- Difficulty date
- September 3, 2023
- Submitted
- September 6, 2023
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N764US
- Make and model
- Airbus A319112
- Aircraft serial
- 1369
- Aircraft time
- 57,879 hours, 36,274 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4900 · Airborne Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) System
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 38007081
- Part serial
- P3403
- Condition
- Odor
- Location
- Zone 100 - Fuse
- Part time
- 38,397 hours, 22,093 cycles
- Stage of operation
- DE
- 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.