Service difficulty report · Apu · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
December 17, 2021
Submitted
December 20, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N554JB
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
01898
Aircraft time
74,186 hours, 26,608 cycles
Part
Apu
Condition
Leaking
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

FLT 63, JFK-SEA. ON DESCENT IDLE POWER BELOW 5000' (ABOVE 4000') VERY STRONG ODOR IN COCKPIT APU WAS OFF SMELL DID NOT SMELL LIKE BURNING ELECTRICS. AFTER GETTING TO GATE FWD GALLEY FLIGHT ATTENDANT AND ROW 1 CUSTOMERS OF A VERY STRONG SMELL. NO ODOR DETECTED BY CREW IN AFT GALLEY. SMELL CONTINUED ON GROUND TAXIING TO GATE ( PACKS ) ; FOUND APU TO BE AT FAULT FOR CAUSE OF ODOR. BOTH HEPA FILTERS REPLACED, #1 AND #2 OZONE FILTERS ALSO REPLACED AND A ECS DECONTAMINATION WAS PERFORMED, REF LOG PAGES 3319410-1, 3319410-2, 3319411-1, 3319412-1 AND 3319412-2 FOR WORK PERFORMED. THIS CLEARS MDDR# 458740 MX4 UPDATED PLACARD REMOVED. DIRTY SOCK SMELL NO LONGER PRESENT.

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