What was found
CREW REPORTED A DIRTY SOCK SMELL THROUGHOUT AIRCRAFT IN ALL FLIGHT PHASES. MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOT TO INTERNAL APU LEAK. REMOVED AND REPLACED APU.
- Difficulty date
- September 6, 2011
- Submitted
- September 28, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N625AW
- Make and model
- Airbus A320231
- Aircraft serial
- 64
- Aircraft time
- 69,245 hours, 31,051 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4920 · APU Core Engine
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 38002784WGEN
- Part serial
- R247C
- Condition
- Leaking
- Location
- Apu Bay
- Part time
- 61,155 hours, 26,415 cycles
- Stage of operation
- CR
- 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.