What was found
UPON ACCEPTING A/C IN LAS, SMELLED THE DIRTY SOCK SMELL FAIRLY STRONG. CLEANED AND REMOVED RESIDUAL OIL FROM APU INLET, SMELL CLEARED. APU OPS CK GOOD. SUSPECT SLOW EXTERNAL OIL SEEP CAUSING APU INLET.
- Difficulty date
- November 2, 1999
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N644AW
- Make and model
- Airbus A320231
- Aircraft serial
- 317
- System (JASC)
- 4990 · APU Oil System
- Part
- Oil Sys
- Condition
- Leaking
- Location
- Apu
- Part time
- 14,509 hours
- Stage of operation
- TX
- 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.