# SDR AALA201609269019

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: September 24, 2016
- Submitted: September 26, 2016
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N650AW](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N650AW), registered now
- Make and model: Airbus A320-232
- Registry model: [Airbus A320-232](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a320-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 856
- Aircraft time: 65,108 hours, 24,194 cycles
- System (JASC): [4930 · APU Engine Fuel and Control](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/4930)
- Part: Line
- Condition: Leaking
- Location: Fuel
- Stage of operation: CL
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: B
- Precautionary procedure: A
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201609269019

## Discrepancy

TOXIC ODOR REPORTED IN BACK OF ACFT.  SMELLS LIKE DIESEL FUEL DURING T/O AND TAXI IN.  AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED.   MAINTENANCE FOUND A FUEL LEAK AT TUBE ASSEMBLY ABOVE AND FORWARD OF THE APU AIR INTAKE AND REPLACED THE FUEL PACKINGS IAW CMM 49-25-69 WITH NO LEAKS NOTED. MAINTENANCE ALSO FOUND THE TURBINE CAVITY VENT PACKINGS LEAKING ON THE APU AND REPLACED THEM IAW AMM 49-91-53.

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