Service difficulty report · Intake · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
February 15, 2019
Submitted
February 19, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N585JB
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
2159
Aircraft time
59,982 hours, 21,703 cycles
Part
Intake
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

FLT 88, FLL-ALB. DIVERTED TO JFK. AFT CABIN ODORS, SICK FA, CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS 25D & A. VLIST COULD NOT ISOLATE SOURCE. INSPECTED APU BLEED DUCT ELBOW AND LOAD CONTROL VALVE WITH BLACK LIGHT IAW MM 49-11-11. NO EVIDENCE OF OIL. FOUND EVIDENCE OF HYDRAULIC FLUID INSIDE APU PLENUM AND AIR INTAKE. ACCOMPLISHED CLEANING OF APU INTAKE REF AMM 49-16-00. REMOVED ALL HYD FLUID FROM APU INTAKE & COMPT. PERFORMED DECONTAMINATION OF THE APU & NR 1 & NR 2 ENGINES. PERFORMED ALL OPS CHECK & FOUND NO SMELLS THROUGHOUT CABIN WITH APU BLEED OR ENGINE BLEED PER T/C A2117101-02 & A2117101-04. A/C OK TO CONT SVC.

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