SDR DALA2024090808791

Service difficulty report · Gearbox · Airbus A321211

Difficulty date: September 6, 2024
Submitted: September 8, 2024
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N372DN
Make and model: Airbus A321211
Aircraft serial: 8809
Aircraft time: 17,061 hours, 7,448 cycles
System (JASC): 4990 · APU Oil System
Part: Gearbox
Condition: Leaking
Location: Apu
Stage of operation: CL
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

AIRCRAFT 3072, OUT OF SLC + INTO ATL, CREW REPORTED A BRIEF SMELL OF MILDEW WHEN CLIMBING/DESCENDING THROUGH APPROXIMATELY 6,000' MSC. PACKS ON, APU OFF. CORRECTIVE ACTION: FOUND LEAK AT APU GEARBOX. REPLACED APU. (LP 5123734, 0541688)

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