What was found
AFTER TAKEOFF GOT A STRONG DIRTY SOCK SMELL SOON AFTER SHUTTING DOWN THE APU. RETURNED TO AIRPORT, APU INLET AND INTAKE INGESTED OIL, REPLACED APU COOLING FAN ASSY.
- Difficulty date
- September 15, 2019
- Submitted
- September 26, 2019
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N356NW
- Make and model
- Airbus A320212
- Aircraft serial
- 818
- Aircraft time
- 64,953 hours, 29,665 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4990 · APU Oil System
- Part
- Cooling Fan
- Part number
- 38627753
- Part serial
- P520C
- Condition
- Leaking
- Location
- Apu
- Part time
- 31,931 hours
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- K, B
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.