What was found
STRONG OIL MIST ODOR AFTER APU START. FLIGHT SWAPPED TO ANOTHER ACFT FOUND APU THE SOURCE OF CABIN ODOR. REPLACED NR 4 TURBINE CAVITY VENT TUBES PACKINGS IAW JC 26L00021001, 26L00021002 & 26L00021004. ACFT OK FOR SERVICE.
- Difficulty date
- March 13, 2015
- Submitted
- March 17, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N831AW
- Make and model
- Airbus A319132
- Aircraft serial
- 1576
- Aircraft time
- 45,712 hours, 19,314 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4950 · APU Bleed Air System
- Part
- Packing
- Condition
- Leaking
- Location
- Apu
- Stage of operation
- TX
- 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.