What was found
APU WET WITH OIL IN AREA AROUND BURNER SECTION. SUSPECT INTERNAL OIL LEAK IN THE EXHAUST SECTION. APU DOES NOT LEAK OIL WHEN SHUTDOWN. REPLACED APU, OPS CHECKED GOOD. NO LEAKS.
- Difficulty date
- April 1, 2012
- Submitted
- April 25, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N468UA
- Make and model
- Airbus A320232
- Aircraft serial
- 1363
- Aircraft time
- 40,232 hours, 15,750 cycles
- Engine
- Iae V2527A5
- System (JASC)
- 4990 · APU Oil System
- Part
- Oil System
- Condition
- Leaking
- Location
- Apu
- Component
- Apu
- Component part number
- 4500001B
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- K
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.