Service difficulty report · Tube · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
June 23, 2026
Submitted
August 12, 2026
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N908AA
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
7775
Aircraft time
27,680 hours, 10,999 cycles
Part
Tube
Condition
Coked
Location
Apu
Component
Apu · Honeywell · 1319A
Component part number
38007081
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: ON DESCENT, FLIGHT ATTENDANTS REPORTED A STRONG ODOR IN THE AFT HALF OF THE CABIN. IT WAS LIKENED TO THE ODOR OF EXHAUST. IT DISSIPATED AFTER LANDING. NO ODORS WERE SMELLED IN THE FLIGHT DECK OR FORWARD HALF OF CABIN. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE APU FCU AND LUBE MODULE LEAKING OIL OUT OF THE AFT BELLOW DRAIN PORT ALONG WITH EVIDENCE OF COKING IN THE APU GEABOX VENT TUBE AND THE AIR OIL SEPARATOR - MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE FCU PER AMM 49-32-11 - THE LUBE MODULE WAS REPLACED PER AMM 49-91-45 *AALA202608124014* - THE APU GEARBOX VENT TUBE WAS REPLACED PER AMM 49-26-55 *AALA202608129232* AND THE AIR OIL SEPARATOR WAS REPLACED PER AMM 49-26-54 *AALA202608127582* - A DECONTAMINATION OF THE ENVIRONMANTAL CONTROL SYSTEM WAS ACCOMPLISHED PER JOB CARD 26L00021014 WITH NO LEAKS OR ODORS NOTED

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