What was found
FLIGHT ATTENDENTS AND PAX SMELLED A STRONG FOUL ODOR PASSING THROUGH 10,000 FT DURING DESCENT; FOUND APU TO BE THE SOURCE OF THE ODOR. R & R THE APU.
- Difficulty date
- January 21, 2017
- Submitted
- January 25, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N715JB
- Make and model
- Airbus A320232
- Aircraft serial
- 3554
- Aircraft time
- 34,512 hours, 11,827 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4900 · Airborne Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) System
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 38007081
- Part serial
- R2643
- Condition
- Odor
- Part time
- 18,499 hours, 22,846 cycles
- Stage of operation
- DE
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- B
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.