Service difficulty report · Cooling Fan · Airbus A319112

Difficulty date
December 29, 2012
Submitted
December 31, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N744P
Make and model
Airbus A319112
Aircraft serial
1287
Aircraft time
32,795 hours, 21,813 cycles
Part
Cooling Fan
Part number
36161404
Part serial
P3456
Condition
Leaking
Location
Apu
Part time
11,967 hours, 8,938 cycles
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

DURING TAKEOFF, CREW EXPERIENCED A STRONG OIL SMELL FOR 10-15 MINUTES. SMELL DISSIPATED SLOWLY TO NO SMELL, CONTINUED UPON DESCENT POWER IDLE. STRONG OIL SMELL RETURNED UNTIL TAXI-IN. APU WAS NOT IN USE. MAINTENANCE ACCOMPLISHED CABIN AIR QUALITY J/C 26L00021001 AND FOUND THE APU TO BE THE SOURCE. FOUND THE APU COOLING FAN ASSEMBLY LEAKING. REMOVED AND REPLACED APU COOLING FAN IAW AMM 49-52-51-000-002-A. ACCOMPLISHED J/C 26L00021002 APU SMELL IN CABIN AND J/C 26L0021004 DECONTAMINATION OF ECS (ENGINES AND APU). ALSO, REPLACED HEPA FILTERS.

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