What was found
CREW REPORTED OILY, DIRTY SOCK ODOR THROUGHOUT ENTIRE AIRCRAFT AT TOP OF DESCENT UNTIL LANDING. MAINTENANCE FOUND EVIDENCE OF APU LEAK. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE APU.
- Difficulty date
- September 6, 2011
- Submitted
- September 9, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N664AW
- Make and model
- Airbus A320232
- Aircraft serial
- 1621
- Aircraft time
- 36,367 hours, 13,502 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4990 · APU Oil System
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 38002784WGEN
- Part serial
- R1040
- Condition
- Leaking
- Location
- Apu Bay
- Part time
- 26,489 hours, 9,763 cycles
- Stage of operation
- DE
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- K, B
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.