# SDR 2022FA0000751

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: December 8, 2022
- Submitted: December 8, 2022
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N358VJ](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N358VJ), registered now
- Make and model: Bombdr BD1001A10
- Aircraft serial: 20890
- Aircraft time: 804 hours, 407 cycles
- System (JASC): [2120 · Air Distribution System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/2120)
- Part: Unknown
- Condition: Odor
- Location: Cabin
- Stage of operation: DE
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: B
- Precautionary procedure: H
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2022FA0000751

## Discrepancy

ON DESCENT, PASSING 18000 FT,  CHECKLIST CALLED, APU STARTED & BLEED AIR TRANSFERRED TO APU.  PASSING 9000 FT, BEGAN TO SMELL A VINEGAR ODOR.  ODOR BECAME WORSE, ASKED CABIN CREW TO SEE WHERE IT WAS COMING FROM. SOURCE UNVERIFIED.  AS PRECAUTION, TURNED OFF CABIN AC & DC POWER. ENG BLEED AIR RE-SELECTED & APU OFF. DONNED OXY MASKS. ACFT RETAINED VINEGAR ODOR FROM CARGO TO COCKPIT AFTER LANDING. MAINT INSP LT & RT E/E RACKS, WINDSHIELD TERMINALS, UNDER GLARE SHIELD, VISUAL INSP WIRES & E/E UNITS, NO DISCREPANCIES FOUND. ACFT SYS OPS CHECKS PERFORMED & PNEUMATIC SYS CHECKED. NO DISCREPANCIES FOUND.  PRIOR T/O DEPART, ACFT DE-ICED. SUSPECT DE-ICING FLUID INTRODUCED INTO APU INTAKE. MAINT FLT TO BE PERFORMED . OPEN

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