What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: UPON DECENT ACRID SMELL IN THE REAR OF THE AIRPLANE. MAINTENANCE FOUND APU LEAKING OIL AND REPLACED APU REF: NR 0135398.
- Difficulty date
- March 30, 2026
- Submitted
- April 2, 2026
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N70020
- Make and model
- Airbus A319115
- Aircraft serial
- 6263
- Aircraft time
- 31,604 hours, 14,964 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4990 · APU Oil System
- Part
- Oil System
- Condition
- Leaking
- Location
- Apu
- Component
- Apu
- Component part number
- 38007081WGEN
- 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.