Service difficulty report · Apu · Airbus A330243

Difficulty date
September 23, 2012
Submitted
October 1, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N283AY
Make and model
Airbus A330243
Aircraft serial
1076
Aircraft time
13,278 hours, 1,697 cycles
Part
Apu
Part number
38004546WGEN
Part serial
P1169
Condition
Leaking
Location
Apu Bay
Part time
13,280 hours, 1,698 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
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.

What was found

PHL - THE CREW NOTICED A CABIN ODOR AFTER BOARDING THE AIRCRAFT. THE APU AND A/C SYSTEM HAS AN OIL SMELL WITH APU AIR OR EXTERNAL AIRSOURCE. MAINTENANCE ACCOMPLISHED JC FOR CABIN AIR QUALITY AND DECONTAMINATION OF THE ECS. AFTER AN UNSUCCESSFUL TEST FLIGHT THE APU WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. AIR QUALITY AND JC FOR ENGINE CABIN ODOR WERE ACCOMPLISHED ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT ENGINES WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED AT THIS TIME.

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