Service difficulty report · Apu · Airbus A320214

Difficulty date
May 6, 2024
Submitted
May 24, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N111US
Make and model
Airbus A320214
Aircraft serial
1114
Aircraft time
64,050 hours, 37,306 cycles
Part
Apu
Part number
38007081
Part serial
P6083
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Zone 100
Part time
20,215 hours, 8,756 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
9
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: BOTH AFT FLIGHT ATTENDANTS ADVISED STRONG ODOR EVENT STARTED APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES PRIOR TO LANDING. NOT NOTICEABLE IN THE FLIGHT DECK. SMELL MOSTLY DISSIPATED BY 10 MINUTES AFTER ARRIVAL AT GATE. MAINTENANCE FOUND A RESIDUAL HYDRAULIC FLUID STREAK GOING FROM THE RIGHT-HAND MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEEL WELL TO THE APU INLET. MAINTENANCE NOTED THAT THERE WAS EVIDENCE THAT THE APU HAD INGESTED HYDRAULIC FLUID. MAINTENANCE CLEANED APU, RIGHT HAND WHEEL WELL AND THE LOWER FUSELAGE TO REMOVE THE RESIDUAL HYDRAULIC FLUID. A LEAK CHECK OF THE APU AND MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEEL WELLS WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITH NO LEAKS NOTED. MAINTENANCE ACCOMPLISHED THE DECONTAMINATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM AND ACCOMPLISHED A SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL CHECK WITH NO ODORS NOTED.

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