What was found
APU TAIL PIPE FIRE, WITH ALL APU COCKPIT SWITCHES OFF. FUEL WAS POURING FROM APU FUEL VENT. ACCOMPLISHED AREA INSPECTION & TAIL PIPE INSPECTION IAW AMM 49-00-00-200-001-A, NO DEFECTS NOTED & REPLACED APU.
- Difficulty date
- April 16, 2014
- Submitted
- April 17, 2014
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N651AW
- Make and model
- Airbus A320232
- Aircraft serial
- 866
- Aircraft time
- 57,913 hours, 21,152 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4920 · APU Core Engine
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 38002784WGEN
- Part serial
- R845
- Condition
- Fire
- Location
- Apu Bay
- Part time
- 48,192 hours, 20,367 cycles
- Stage of operation
- TX
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- A
- Precautionary procedure
- F
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.