Service difficulty report · Apu · Airbus A319112

Difficulty date
April 21, 2013
Submitted
April 24, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N744P
Make and model
Airbus A319112
Aircraft serial
1287
Aircraft time
33,566 hours, 22,379 cycles
Part
Apu
Part number
38007081
Part serial
P3758
Condition
Unserviceable
Location
Apu Bay
Part time
12,740 hours, 9,505 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

CREW REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO GATE FOR ODOR COMING FROM AIR CONDITIONING IT SEEMS. ODOR WAS ISOLATED TO APU. THE NEXT DAY DURING FLIGHT 1649 (DCA TO TPA), FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED AN ODOR IN CABIN DURING DESCENT BETWEEN APPROXIMATELY 16,000 FEET AND 8,000 FEET. FLIGHT ATTENDANT DESCRIBED ODOR AS SMELLING LIKE "SCORCHED DEICING FLUID". MAINTENANCE PLACED NR 1 PACK ON MEL 21-52-01A AND INSPECTED AIRCRAFT AND FOUND SAFE FOR MAINTENANCE FERRY FLIGHT FROM TPA TO CLT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE APU. OPS CHECK GOOD. NO LEAKS NOTED. DECONTAMINATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM. NO ODOR NOTED. ALSO, REPLACED LEFT AND RIGHT CABIN AIR FILTER PER AMM 21-21-41.

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