Service difficulty report · Seal · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
June 18, 2018
Submitted
June 21, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N625NK
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
5954
Aircraft time
16,951 hours, 7,779 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Seal
Condition
Leaking
Location
Starter
Stage of operation
NR
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

CABIN ODOR OF DIRTY SOCKS OR MUST. PERFORMED TSM 05-50-00-810-831-A. FOUND THE APU TO BE SOURCE OF THE ODOR. COMPLIED WITH DECONTAMINATION OF THE ECS IAW AMM 21-00-00. R & R THE RECIRCULATION FILTERS IAW AMM 21-21-41. NO FURTHER ODOR NOTED AT THIS TIME. THE ACFT WAS OK FOR SERVICE. REMOVED & REPLACED THE APU OIL PRESSURE SWITCH IAW AMM 49-94-11. OPS AND LEAK CHECKED GOOD. PERFORMED OPS TEST OF AIR CONDITION PACKS 1 & 2 IAW AMM 21-00-00. OPS TESTED GOOD. NO ODOR DETECTED. FOLLOWING TSM 49-00-00-810-921-A, AND FOUND THE SORUCE OF THE LEAK TO THE STARTER 8KA. R & R THE SEAL ON STARTER IAW AMM 49-42-51. OPS & LEAK CHECKED GOOD.

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