Service difficulty report · Oil Cap · Airbus A320231

Difficulty date
July 12, 2013
Submitted
July 15, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N621AW
Make and model
Airbus A320231
Aircraft serial
53
Aircraft time
75,352 hours, 34,098 cycles
Part
Oil Cap
Condition
Loose
Location
Apu
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

ACID SMELL ("DIRTY SOCKS SMELL") REPORTED BY CABIN CREW AND NOTICED BY CREW DURING TAXI OUT. FLIGHT RETURNED TO THE GATE. MX ACCOMPLISHED JC 26L00021001-TROUBLESHOOTING CABIN AIR QUALITY AND ACCOMPLISHED JC 26L00021002 - APU SMELL IN CABIN AND ACCOMPLISHED JC 26L00021004 - DECONTAMINATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYS A319/A320/A321 (ENGINES & APU) AND ACCOMPLISHED JC 26L31049009 -CLEAN APU COND COMPRESSOR. FOUND APU OIL CAP LOOSE. TIGHTENED OIL CAP.

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