Service difficulty report · Apu · Airbus A320*

Difficulty date
January 4, 2024
Submitted
January 8, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N581UW
Make and model
Airbus A320*
Aircraft serial
6152
Aircraft time
30,670 hours, 12,420 cycles
Part
Apu
Part number
38007081
Part serial
P5753
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Zone 100 - Fuse
Part time
21,591 hours, 9,388 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
C, B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED DURING DESCENT INTO CLT DUE TO THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS REPORTING A DIRTY SOCK SMELL IN THE AFT GALLEY. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT CLT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE ACCOMPLISHED SMOKE/ODOR/FUME TROUBLESHOOTING TASK CARD 26L00021001 AND FOUND CAUSE OF ODOR TO BE DEICEING FLUID HAD BEEN INGESTED INTO APU INLET, MAINTENACE CLEANED THE APU INLET AND RAN PACKS WITH APU AND BOTH ENGINES. NO ODOR NOTED.