What was found
PHX - TAILPIPE FIRE - WHEN AUXILIARY POWER UNIT (APU) WAS SHUTDOWN AN APU TAILPIPE FIRE WAS NOTICED FROM THE GROUND. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE APU IAW T/C R6D49301, LEAK AND OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS GOOD.
- Difficulty date
- May 1, 2002
- Submitted
- May 2, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N806AW
- Make and model
- Airbus A319132
- Aircraft serial
- 1056
- Aircraft time
- 10,535 hours, 4,317 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4920 · APU Core Engine
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 38002784
- Part serial
- R960
- Condition
- Leaking
- Location
- Apu Bay
- Part time
- 10,537 hours, 4,322 cycles
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- C
- Nature of condition
- K, A
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.