Service difficulty report · Apu · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
December 1, 2019
Submitted
December 5, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N834JB
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
5782
Aircraft time
26,912 hours, 8,334 cycles
Part
Apu
Condition
Contaminated
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
C, B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

FT # 1171, LGA-FLL. DIRTY SOCK/MUSTY DRY SMELL STRONG ODOR FROM TO POWER THRU 17K. DISSIPATED ONCE ABOVE PRECIPITATION.STRONG ODOR AGAIN IDLE DESC; PERFORMED INFO NOTICE 2017-T015F. APU REQUIRES REPLACEMENT DUE TO OIL CONTAMINATION AND LEAKAGE. PERFORMED ECS DECONTAMINATION. A/C IS OK FOR SERVICE.

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