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Service difficulty report · Plug · Airbus A321211

Difficulty date: September 9, 2012
Submitted: October 5, 2012
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N191UW
Make and model: Airbus A321211
Aircraft serial: 1447
Aircraft time: 39,993 hours, 14,531 cycles
System (JASC): 2421 · AC Generator-Alternator
Part: Plug
Condition: Loose
Location: Apu Generator
Stage of operation: CR
How discovered: O
Nature of condition: K, B
Precautionary procedure: B, A

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

What was found

AT CRUISE, FLIGHT ATTENDANTS COMPLAINED MIGRAINE HEADACHE, TREMBLING AND SCRATCHY THROATS. FLIGHT DIVERTED TO BNA AND EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. REPAIRED OIL LEAK AT APU. FOUND DRAIN PLUG AT APU GENERATOR LOOSE WHICH HAD SLIGHT LEAK. SECURED DRAIN PLUG. NO FURTHER LEAKS NOTED.

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