Service difficulty report · Inlet · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
January 11, 2021
Submitted
January 15, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N652JB
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
3029
Aircraft time
55,005 hours, 19,524 cycles
Part
Inlet
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Flapper Door
Stage of operation
CL
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 512, AUS - FLL. DIRTY SOCK SMELL WHEN USED APU BLEED, SMELL TRANSIENT & SUBSIDED AFTER CLIMBOUT, SMELL PRESENT BOTH COCKPIT & CABIN. UPON INITIAL INSPECTION, FOUND EVIDENCE OF AN EXTERNAL LEAK AT THE OIL COOLER LUBE LINES PROGRESSING DOWN TO THE LUBE MODULE & OIL TANK. FOUND EVIDENCE OF OIL IN INLET FLAPPER DOOR. CLEANED OIL FROM EXTERNAL SURFACES & RAN APU, NO LEAKS NOTED. ACCOMPLISHED INFO NOTICE 2017-T015F SECTION "B", ENGINES NOT AT FAULT. REPLACED RECIRCULATION FILTERS, PER M/M 21-21-41. R & R ORINGS ON OIL SUPPLY AND RETURN LINES, IAW AMM 49-21-00, LEAK CHECK GOOD. PERFORMED OPERATIONS CHECK OF APU, IAW AMM 49-00-00. OPERATIONS CHECK GOOD. MDDR CLEARED MX4 UPDATED PLACARD REMOVED.

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