Service difficulty report · Plenum · Boeing 767432ER

Difficulty date
January 19, 2019
Submitted
January 22, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N836MH
Make and model
Boeing 767432ER
Aircraft serial
29709
Aircraft time
75,619 hours, 14,063 cycles
Part
Plenum
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

ON VECTOR TO FINAL "DIRTY SOCK" SMELL WITH NO VISIBLE HAS WAS NOTICE ON FLIGHT DECK AND THROUGHOUT CABIN AS WE WERE NEARING GATE, BEGAN TO SMELL LIKE OIL. FOUND BURNING OIL SMELL EVIDENT ONLY WITH APU BLEED. OPENED ACCESS DOOR FOUND EVIDENCE OF OIL WITH IN APU INLET PLENUM. REMOVED CONTAMINATION FROM A/C AND PNEUMATIC SYSTEMS. REPLACED LEFT AND RIGHT RECIRCULATION FAN FILTERS. AIRCRAFT GOOD FOR SERVICE.