# SDR AALA201801129013

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: January 6, 2018
- Submitted: January 29, 2018
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: N284AY
- Make and model: Airbus A330-243
- Registry model: [Airbus A330-243](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a330-243) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 1095
- Aircraft time: 33,260 hours, 4,891 cycles
- System (JASC): [2100 · Air Conditioning System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/2100)
- Part: Apu
- Part number: GTCP331350
- Part serial: R559C
- Condition: Odor
- Part time: 71,129 hours, 10,230 cycles
- Stage of operation: DE
- 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/AALA201801129013

## Discrepancy

STRONG ODOR IN THE CABIN DURING DESCENT,  TRHOUGHOUT CABIN.  APU DETERMINED TO BE SOURCE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED.  REPLACED APU.

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