# SDR AALA2018061289019

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: June 7, 2018
- Submitted: June 12, 2018
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N654AW](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N654AW), registered now
- Make and model: Airbus A320-232
- Registry model: [Airbus A320-232](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a320-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 1050
- Aircraft time: 66,286 hours, 24,911 cycles
- System (JASC): [4900 · Airborne Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/4900)
- Part: Apu
- Condition: Odor
- Location: Apu Bay
- 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/AALA2018061289019

## Discrepancy

ODOR IN CABIN, REPORTED BY FLIGHT ATTENDANT, AFT AND REPORTED A DIRTY SOCK ODOR DURING DESCENT.   ACCOMPLISHED J/C 26L00021001 AND J/C 26L00021002,  FOUND APU TO BE SOURCE OF CABIN ODOR.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED.

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