What was found
AIRCRAFT SMELLS LIKE DIRTY SOCKS ON APPROACH. FOUND EVIDENCE OF OIL IN APU BLEED AIR DUCT. REPLACED APU PER TASK CARD 78349010. LEAK & OPS CHECK GOOD. NO DIRTY SOCK ODOR NOTED.
- Difficulty date
- November 12, 2010
- Submitted
- November 16, 2010
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N585AS
- Make and model
- Boeing 737890
- Aircraft serial
- 35683
- Aircraft time
- 12,005 hours, 3,656 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4900 · Airborne Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) System
- Part
- Apu
- Condition
- Failed
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- B
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.