Service difficulty report · Seal · Airbus A319132

Difficulty date
July 21, 2016
Submitted
July 26, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N512NK
Make and model
Airbus A319132
Aircraft serial
2673
Aircraft time
39,877 hours, 18,972 cycles
Engine
Iae V2500A1
Part
Seal
Part number
4A0401
Condition
Leaking
Location
Nr 1 Deoiler
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

ODORIN CABIN AND COCKPIT DURING TAXI IN ON NR 1 ENGINE, COCKPIT CREW SMELLED EXHAUST FUMES, ASKED FA'S ABOUT ODORS. THEY ALL SAID THEY SMELLED ODORS OF MUSTY, DIRTY SOCKS. THE 2 AFT F/A'S THEN SAID THAT DURING CLIMBOUT, THERE WAS A MUSTY ODOR. DE-BRIEFED CAPTAIN AND FOUND NR 2 ENGINE TO BE MAIN SOURCE OF THE ODOR. DURING EXTERNAL WALKAROUND OF THE NR 2 ENGINE, FOUND EXCESSIVE OIL LEAKING FROM DE-OILER BREATHER TUBE. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE NR 2 DE-OILER SEAL ASSY IAW AMM 72-60-32 PB 401, LEAK AND OPS CHECKED GOOD. PERFORMED NR 2 ENGINE IDLE RUN, ISOLATED NR 1 AND 2 PACKS AND FOUND NO COCKPIT OR CABIN ODORS PRESENT IAW AMM 71-00-00.

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