Service difficulty report · Generator · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
March 4, 2024
Submitted
March 20, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N524UW
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
3977
Aircraft time
49,225 hours, 18,526 cycles
Part
Generator
Part number
BA1650101
Part serial
SAAP3526
Condition
Leaking
Location
Apu
Part time
10,341 hours, 3,960 cycles
Component
Apu · Honeywell · 1319A
Component part number
38007081
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
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: ON ARRIVAL,4000' FLIGHT ATTENDANTS NOTIFIED FLIGHT DECK OF SEVERE FUMES, BURNING SMELL IN THE MIDDLE TO AFT CABIN. HAZE, NO SMOKE. BURNING EYES, DIFFICULT BREATHING, CHOKING, COUGHING. MAINTENANCE ISOLATED THE SOURCE OF THE ODOR TO THE APU AFTER FINDING EVIDENCE OF AN OIL LEAK. MAINTENNACE FOUND THE APU GENERATOR LEAKIING AND REPALCED IT . A SATISTAFCTORY LEAK / OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITH NO ODORS NOTED.

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