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Service difficulty report · Apu · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date: August 31, 2024
Submitted: September 3, 2024
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N524JB
Make and model: Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial: 01528
Aircraft time: 85,017 hours, 30,902 cycles
System (JASC): 4900 · Airborne Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) System
Part: Apu
Condition: Contaminated
Location: Zone 100
Stage of operation: CR
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

FLT#874, TPA-EWR. 'FUMES SMELT AFTER ENGINE START, VERY FAINT, DURING CRUISE FAINT, AND IN DESCENT VERY STRONG, COULD NOT DETERMINE WHICH PACK USING ISOLATION TECHNIQUE; C/W INFO NOTICE 2017- T015 SECTION B2. IDENTIFIED ODOR COMING FROM APU. DECONTAMINATION LEVEL B WAS ACCOMPLISHED PER TSM 05-50-00-810-831-A . A/C IS OKJ FOR SVC.'

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