What was found
AFTER APU START, STRONG CABIN ODOR WAS NOTICED AFTER SELECTING BLEED AIR ON. MAINTENANCE FOUND OIL LEAKING FROM LOAD COMPRESSOR WITNESS DRAIN. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE APU.
- Difficulty date
- January 4, 2013
- Submitted
- January 10, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N176UW
- Make and model
- Airbus A321211
- Aircraft serial
- 1499
- Aircraft time
- 41,060 hours, 14,936 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4920 · APU Core Engine
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 38007081WGEN
- Part serial
- P3344
- Condition
- Leaking
- Location
- Apu Bay
- Part time
- 20,510 hours, 7,436 cycles
- Stage of operation
- TX
- 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.