What was found
PILOT TURNED PACKS ON AND PUNGENT ODOR FILLED AIRCRAFT. MAINTENANCE FOUND APU TO BE THE SOURCE OF THE ODOR. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE APU.
- Difficulty date
- July 21, 2011
- Submitted
- July 22, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N107US
- Make and model
- Airbus A320214
- Aircraft serial
- 1052
- Aircraft time
- 37,671 hours, 16,668 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4920 · APU Core Engine
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 38007081WGEN
- Part serial
- P4142
- Condition
- Leaking
- Location
- Apu Bay
- Part time
- 5,423 hours, 2,616 cycles
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- B
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.