What was found
CABIN ODOR, WHEN THE PILOTS TURNED ON APU A STRONG ODOR OCCURRED AS SOON AS THE JET WAY DOOR WAS OPEN. THE CREW DID NOT REQUEST MEDICAL ATTENTION, THE ACFT WAS SWAPPED.
- Difficulty date
- January 25, 2014
- Submitted
- January 27, 2014
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N625AW
- Make and model
- Airbus A320231
- Aircraft serial
- 64
- Aircraft time
- 76,362 hours, 34,401 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4920 · APU Core Engine
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 38002784WGEN
- Part serial
- P365C
- Condition
- Odor
- Location
- Apu Bay
- Part time
- 74,304 hours, 32,300 cycles
- Stage of operation
- TX
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- B
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.