# SDR CA120228005

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: February 16, 2012
- Submitted: September 14, 2015
- Operation: General aviation
- Make and model: Airbus A380842
- System (JASC): [4920 · APU Core Engine](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/4920)
- Part: Diffuser
- Condition: Fractured
- Location: Apu Compressor
- Stage of operation: TX
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: J
- Precautionary procedure: O
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CA120228005

## Discrepancy

(CAN) DURING APU OPERATION, THE COCKPIT RECEIVED AN "APU BLEED AIR LEAK" MESSAGE. FOLLOWING SHUTDOWN, INSPECTION FOUND A FRACTURED LOAD COMPRESSOR DIFFUSER PIPE. WHICH HAD DAMAGED THE AIR DUCT AND HAD TRAVELLED DOWNSTREAM TO DAMAGE THE OZONE CONVERTER.

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