# SDR AALA201703319001

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: March 30, 2017
- Submitted: April 3, 2017
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: N678AW
- Make and model: Airbus A320-232
- Registry model: [Airbus A320-232](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a320-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 2482
- Aircraft time: 41,984 hours, 15,400 cycles
- System (JASC): [4920 · APU Core Engine](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/4920)
- Part: Apu
- Part number: V2527A5
- Part serial: V10540
- Condition: Contaminated
- Part time: 60,846 hours, 22,734 cycles
- Stage of operation: CL
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: B
- Precautionary procedure: O
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201703319001

## Discrepancy

AFTER DEPARTURE, THE CABIN HAD AN ODOR OF DIRTY SOCKS.  FOUND APU CONTAMINATED, PERFORMED AN APU WASH, NO ODOR AT THIS TIME.  AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED.

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