What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: DIRTY SOCKS ODOR IN FLIGHT DECK DURING DESCENT WITH PACKS ON. MAINTENANCE ISOLATED THE SOURCE OF THE ODOR TO THE APU. (OPEN)
- Difficulty date
- October 3, 2023
- Submitted
- October 5, 2023
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N708UW
- Make and model
- Airbus A319112
- Aircraft serial
- 972
- Aircraft time
- 64,843 hours, 38,086 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4900 · Airborne Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) System
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 38007081
- Part serial
- P3757
- Condition
- Leaking
- Location
- Zone 100 - Fuse
- Part time
- 36,556 hours, 23,579 cycles
- Stage of operation
- DE
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- K, B
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.