Service difficulty report · B-Nut · Airbus A320211

Difficulty date
August 11, 2014
Submitted
August 12, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N314US
Make and model
Airbus A320211
Aircraft serial
160
Aircraft time
71,792 hours, 32,380 cycles
Part
B-Nut
Condition
Leaking
Location
Hyd System
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
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.

What was found

AFTER LANDING, THE CREW CONTACTED MAINTENANCE AND ADVISED THAT THEY HAD DONNED THEIR OXYGEN MASKS DUE TO AN OIL ODOR. REPORTED PASSENGERS WERE GETTING SICK DUE TO THE ODOR. MAINTENANCE FOUND HYDRUALIC FLUID IN INTAKE DUCT AND PLENUM OF APU. ALSO FOUND LT GEAR B-NUT ON ACTUATOR LOOSE; SECURED AND SAFTIED B-NUT. REPLACED CATALITIC CONVERTOR, APU OIL COOLER AND FUNCTIONAL CHECK WAS NORMAL.

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