What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: DIRTY SOCK SMELL THROUGHOUT THE CABIN DURING DESCENT. MAINTENANCE ISOLATED THE SOURCE OF THE ODOR TO THE APU. **SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED** (OPEN)
- Difficulty date
- November 21, 2023
- Submitted
- November 22, 2023
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N152UW
- Make and model
- Airbus A320*
- Aircraft serial
- 5588
- Aircraft time
- 33,130 hours, 13,495 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4900 · Airborne Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) System
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 38007081
- Part serial
- P3516
- Condition
- Odor
- Location
- Zone 100 - Fuse
- Part time
- 39,298 hours, 24,835 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.