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A320 APU overheats because of loss of oil resulting in smoke in the cabin. Aircraft towed back to gate.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 268365 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199404 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dca |
| State Reference | DC |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 60 |
| ASRS Report | 268365 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
APU lost oil and overheated causing the cabin to fill up with smoke. We verified no fire and elected to remain in the airplane and get towed back to the gate. The rest of the flight was uneventful.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A320 APU OVERHEATS BECAUSE OF LOSS OF OIL RESULTING IN SMOKE IN THE CABIN. ACFT TOWED BACK TO GATE.
Narrative: APU LOST OIL AND OVERHEATED CAUSING THE CABIN TO FILL UP WITH SMOKE. WE VERIFIED NO FIRE AND ELECTED TO REMAIN IN THE AIRPLANE AND GET TOWED BACK TO THE GATE. THE REST OF THE FLT WAS UNEVENTFUL.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.