What was found
DURING TROUBLESHOOTING FOR SOURCES OF CABIN ODOR FOUND APU LOAD COMPRESSOR WITNESS HOLE TO HAVE OIL. OIL WAS PRESENT ABOVE CHECK VALVE ALSO. REPLACED APU. OP & LEAK CHECKS GOOD.
- Difficulty date
- May 6, 2008
- Submitted
- May 7, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N579AS
- Make and model
- Boeing 737890
- Aircraft serial
- 35187
- Aircraft time
- 4,712 hours, 1,423 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4920 · APU Core Engine
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 38007021
- Part serial
- P7443
- Condition
- Leaking
- Part time
- 4,712 hours, 1,423 cycles
- Stage of operation
- IN
- 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.