What was found
FLT 614 CABIN ODOR - A HEADACHE AND NAUSEA-INDUCING ODOR PERVADES THE CABIN. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE APU. TEARDOWN REPORT COULD NOT CONFIRM CAUSE FOR SMELL IN CABIN - APU SHOWED SIGNS OF FOREIGN INGESTION.
- Difficulty date
- May 13, 2010
- Submitted
- May 14, 2010
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N620AW
- Make and model
- Airbus A320231
- Aircraft serial
- 52
- Aircraft time
- 66,209 hours, 29,645 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4920 · APU Core Engine
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 38002784
- Part serial
- R1002
- Condition
- Odor
- Location
- Apu Bay
- Part time
- 29,006 hours, 11,687 cycles
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- B
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.