What was found
CREW REPORTED TOXIC FUMES IN CABIN DURING CLIMB & APPROACH. FOUND HOLE IN APU PLENUM & BROKEN PLENUM LATCH MOUNT TIP. REPLACED APU.
- Difficulty date
- February 5, 2014
- Submitted
- February 10, 2014
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N651AW
- Make and model
- Airbus A320232
- Aircraft serial
- 866
- Aircraft time
- 57,317 hours, 20,957 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4920 · APU Core Engine
- Part
- Plenum
- Condition
- Punctured
- Location
- Apu
- Part time
- 46,375 hours, 18,430 cycles
- Component
- Apu
- Component part number
- 38002784WGEN
- Stage of operation
- CL
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- B
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.