What was found
CREW REPORTED A DIRTY, MUSTY SMELL JUST AFTER TOP OF DESCENT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE APU.
- Difficulty date
- August 14, 2011
- Submitted
- August 16, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N652AW
- Make and model
- Airbus A320232
- Aircraft serial
- 953
- Aircraft time
- 46,362 hours, 17,390 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4920 · APU Core Engine
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 38002784WGEN
- Part serial
- R840C
- Condition
- Faulty
- Location
- Apu Bay
- Part time
- 46,960 hours, 17,771 cycles
- Stage of operation
- DE
- 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.