Service difficulty report · None · Airbus A330243

Difficulty date
July 12, 2022
Submitted
July 13, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N381HA
Make and model
Airbus A330243
Aircraft serial
1114
Aircraft time
48,106 hours, 7,862 cycles
Part
None
Condition
None
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

SHIP 381 MILD HYDRAULIC SMELL IN COCKPIT AFTER LANDING. ALSO IN CABIN. CORRECTIVE ACTION: DIRTY SOCK SMELL PRESENT WHEN APU BLEED IS SELECTED. WHEN ENGINES SUPPLY BLEED SMELL GOES AWAY. INSPECTED NBR 1 AND 2 ENGINES FOR EXTERNAL LEAKS, NONE NOTED. APU INLET PLENUM SHOWS SLIGHT OIL CONTAMINATION. ALL OIL LEVELS NORMAL ON ARRIVAL . INSPECTED DUCTING FORWARD OF EACH LT AND RT PACK OZONE CONVERTERS WITH UV LIGHT, DUCTS AND CONVERTERS CLEAN. PERFORMED A330 TSM TASK 05-50-00. DECISION TABLE LEADS TO APU AS SOURCE OF CONTAMINATION. PERFORMED DECONTAMINATION OF ECS SYSTEM. DIRTY SOCK SMELL DISAPPEARED 2-3 MIN INTO DECONTAMINATION AND DID NOT RETURN USING ENGINE BLEED. REMOVED AND REPLACED ALL RECIRCULATION FILTERS PER A330 AMM 21-21. AFTER FILTER CHANGES RAN PACKS WITH GROUND AIR AND THEN BOTH ENGINES. NO SMELL NOTED. (9330624)

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