Service difficulty report · Unknown · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
December 7, 2011
Submitted
January 25, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N648AW
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
770
Aircraft time
52,147 hours, 19,561 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cabin & Cockpit
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
B

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF CLIMBING OUT, STRONG DIRTY SOCK SMELL STARTED IN THE CABIN AND PROGRESSED INTO THE COCKPIT. DUE TO TOXIC FUMES, RETURNED FOR OVERWEIGHT LANDING. REMOVED AND REPLACED APU PER 26L31049005. COMPLIED WITH ECS DECONTAMINATION PER 26L00021004, NO DIRTY SOCK SMELL NOTED. HONEYWELL TEARDOWN REPORT COULD NOT CONFIRM SMELL IN CABIN - NO OIL LEAKS NOTED. AT TIME OF APU REPLACEMENT, THE OIL CAP WAS REPLACED AS WELL AS THE FLANGE AND SHAFT SEALS ON THE APU GENERATOR.

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