Service difficulty report · Apu · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
June 6, 2017
Submitted
June 13, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N537JT
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
1785
Aircraft time
54,845 hours, 19,347 cycles
Part
Apu
Part number
BA03604
Part serial
6245
Condition
Odor
Part time
39,863 hours, 13,808 cycles
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.

What was found

PERFORMED GROUND AIR START DUE TO DEFERRED APU DIRTY SOCK ODOR. ONCE THE NR 2 ENGINE WAS STARTED, THE DIRTY SOCK ODOR RETURNED IMMEDIATELY. PERFORMED A CROSS BLEED START. THE ODOR CONTINUED. ODOR APPARENT THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE OF THE AIRPLANE, BUT FLIGHT ATTENDANTS REPORTED THAT IT WAS WORST TOWARDS THE AFT SECTION. COMPLIED WITH INFORMATION NOTICE 2017-T015A, SECTION B, AIRCRAFT IS OK FOR SERVICE. THE SOURCE OF THE ODOR WAS ISOLATED TO THE APU BLEED. R & R APU GENERATOR IAW AMM 24-23-51. LEAK CHECKED OK, NO DIRTY ODOR NOTED WHILE APU ON.

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