# SDR AALA201808229050

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: August 19, 2018
- Submitted: August 22, 2018
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N272AY](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N272AY), registered now
- Make and model: Airbus A330-323
- Registry model: [Airbus A330-323](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a330-323) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 333
- Aircraft time: 82,240 hours, 12,049 cycles
- System (JASC): [3830 · Waste Disposal System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/3830)
- Part: Transmitter
- Part number: G540DA74
- Part serial: 5865
- Condition: Defective
- Location: Toilet
- Part time: 1,369 hours, 171 cycles
- Stage of operation: CL
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: J
- Precautionary procedure: A
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201808229050

## Discrepancy

LEFT LAVATORY TANK LEVEL WENT TO 100% AFTER TAKEOFF. LEFT SIDE SYSTEM SHUTDOWN FLUID IN BOWLS SPILLED OUT. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND RETURNED TO FIELD.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED.  MAINTENANCE REPLACED LEFT WASTE LEVEL TRANSMITTER IAW AMM 33-31-11-400-801A. OPS CHECKED GOOD.  REPLACED TOILET AND PERFORMED A VACCUM CHECK IAW AMM 38-31-00-790-801A. LEAK AND VACUUM TESTED GOOD.

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