Service difficulty report · Intake Duct · Airbus A319112

Difficulty date
January 24, 2018
Submitted
January 26, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N521VA
Make and model
Airbus A319112
Aircraft serial
02773
Aircraft time
36,692 hours, 13,659 cycles
Part
Intake Duct
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Apu Door
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
D

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

ALL THREE FLIGHT ATTENDENTS REPORTED AN ODD ODOR DURING PUSHBACK. DIRTY SOCK OR OIL ODOR. ACFT GROUNDED. TROUBLESHOT IAW TSM 49-00-81-810-874-A. FOUND EXCESSIVE GREASE CAKED WITHIN INTAKE SCOOP ON THE RT APU DOOR INTAKE DUCT. NO OTHER OIL PRESENT. PERFORMED HIGH POWER ENGINE RUNS IAW AMM 71-00-00, AND PERFORMED DECONTAMINATION OF ECS IAW AMM 21-00-00-615-001-A. NO ODOR DETECTED. SYS OK FOR SERVICE.

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