What was found
CREW REPORTED A DIRTY SOCK SMELL THROUGHOUT AIRCRAFT UPON BOARDING AND DID NOT FEEL IT ALLOWED FOR PASSENGER BOARDING. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED APU FUEL CONTROL UNIT IAW AIRBUS MAINTENANCE MANUAL 49-32-11-401.
- Difficulty date
- December 24, 2011
- Submitted
- December 28, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N769US
- Make and model
- Airbus A319112
- Aircraft serial
- 1391
- Aircraft time
- 30,265 hours, 20,028 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4930 · APU Engine Fuel and Control
- Part
- Fcu
- Part number
- 4419215
- Part serial
- CUC14218
- Condition
- Leaking
- Location
- Apu
- Part time
- 9,476 hours, 5,666 cycles
- Stage of operation
- TX
- 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.