- Difficulty date
- February 28, 2014
- Submitted
- April 14, 2014
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N550UW
- Make and model
- Airbus A321231
- Aircraft serial
- 4935
- Aircraft time
- 8,667 hours, 2,980 cycles
- Part
- Tube
- Condition
- Leaking
- Location
- Apu Oil Cooler
- Stage of operation
- CL
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- K, B
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.
What was found
EXTREME CABIN ODOR DURING START & CLIMB, PAX & CREW COMPLAINED OF ODOR & FELT LIGHT HEADED & NAUSEOUS. FOUND APU TO BE SOURCE OF ODOR. REPLACED LEAKING APU OIL COOLER TRANSFER TUBE IAW AMM 49-91-44-400-802-A. REPLACED APU OIL LUBE MODULE IAW AMM 49-91-45.
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