Service difficulty report · Union · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
October 27, 2024
Submitted
October 30, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N655AW
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
1075
Aircraft time
78,498 hours, 32,724 cycles
Part
Union
Condition
Leaking
Location
Zone 700
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.

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: ACCOMPLISHED JPC 26L00021001 A320 SMOKE/ODOR/FUMES INITIAL TROUBLESHOOTING FOUND SOURCE OF THE FUMES TO BE COMING FROM THE APU. APU INTLET HAD OIL CONTAMINATION. AFTER APU WAS CLEAND FOUND A SUBSTANTIAL LEAK IN THE L/H W/W FROM A LOOSE UNION THAT WAS IMPACTING THE APU INLET. TIGHTENED UNION LEAK CHECKS GOOD.

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