Service difficulty report · Oil System · Airbus A321271NX

Difficulty date
May 31, 2026
Submitted
June 4, 2026
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N589DT
Make and model
Airbus A321271NX
Aircraft serial
12417
Aircraft time
5,247 hours, 1,379 cycles
Part
Oil System
Condition
Leaking
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
DE
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

FUMES - DESCENDING THRU FL190, CREW NOTICED A DIRTY SOCKS SMELL. O2 MASKS WERE DONNED AND AN EMERGENCY DECLARED. CORRECTIVE ACTION: INITIAL T/S FOUND OIL BEHIND NR 1 ENGINE SPINNER. NR 1 ENGINE FOAM WASH PERFORMED. FOLLOW UP BORESCOPE WAS GOOD. LEVEL C DECONTAMINATION PERFORMED. POST DECONTAMINATION ENGINE RUNS PERFORMED. P-TRAK RESULTS DEEMED APU AS SOURCE OF ODOR. APU BLEED DEFERRED TO MEL. INSPECTED APU COMPARTMENT FOUND CLEAN NO SIGN OF FLUID LEAKING PER AMM 49-00-00. LATER, REPLACED NR 1 ENGINE. A/C RTS. (LP 7995595, 8319604 - AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED)

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