What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: AFTER TURNING APU ON AND TURNING ON APU BLEED A HYDRAULIC OR CRAYON SCENT CAME OUT OF THE VENTS, MAINTENANCE FOUND EVIDENCE OF OIL IN THE APU INLET AREA AND PLACED THE APU OM MEL. (OPEN)
- Difficulty date
- September 27, 2026
- Submitted
- September 28, 2026
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N831AW
- Make and model
- Airbus A319132
- Aircraft serial
- 1576
- Aircraft time
- 72,452 hours, 35,151 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4990 · APU Oil System
- Part
- Oil System
- Condition
- Leaking
- Location
- Apu
- Stage of operation
- CL
- 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.