Service difficulty report · Oil System · Airbus A320214

Difficulty date
May 24, 2013
Submitted
June 14, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N639VA
Make and model
Airbus A320214
Aircraft serial
3016
Part
Oil System
Condition
Leaking
Location
Apu
Part time
13,158 hours
Stage of operation
TX
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

AFTER ENGINE SHUTDOWN AT GATE, WITH THE APU PROVIDING PNEUMATIC POWER FOR AIR CONDITIONING, CABIN BEGAN TO FILL WITH SMOKE AND STRONG BURNING OIL ODOR. FLIGHT CREW SHUTDOWN APU, SMOKE AND ODOR PROMPTLY DISSIPATED. DISCOVERED AN EXTERNAL OIL LEAK FROM APU AROUND THE GENERATOR DRIVE PAD AREA. APU REPLACED AND DUE TO RESIDUAL OIL ODOR IN CABIN, BOTH RECIRCULATION FAN FILTERS WERE REPLACED. NO ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF SMOKE NOTED ON SUBSEQUENT FLIGHTS.

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