Service difficulty report · A/C Pack · Airbus A319112

Difficulty date
February 8, 2018
Submitted
February 12, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N521VA
Make and model
Airbus A319112
Aircraft serial
02773
Aircraft time
36,912 hours, 13,732 cycles
Part
A/C Pack
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Nr 2
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
9
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

CREW REPORTED AN ODOR AND SIGHT OF SMOKE IN CABIN. ACFT GROUNDED. PERFORMED TSM 21-00-00-810-801-A, TSM 05-50-00-810-831-A, TSM 49-00-81-810-874-A, AND AMM 21-00-00-615-002-A. POSSIBLE CAUSE OF THE NR 2 PACK. ACFT OK FOR SERVICE. INSPECTION REVEALED APU OIL OVER SERVICED. CORRECTED OIL QTY. VERIFIED APU NOT SOURCE OF DISCREPANCY. AFTER EXTENSIVE PACKS OPERATION, NOTICED ODOR WAS PROMINENT ON AFT PORTION OF CABIN NR 2 PACK. OPERATED PACKS INDEPENDENTLY, NR 2 PACK PRODUCED AN ODOR. UNPLUGGED TEST PORT AT EACH PACK CONDENSER AND RAN PACKS. ODOR VERIFIED OFF THE NR 2 PACK. THE CONTAMINATED AIR GOING TO THE CABIN GOES THROUGH CONDENSER FIRST.

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