# SDR AALA201811179004

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: November 15, 2018
- Submitted: November 17, 2018
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N816AW](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N816AW), registered now
- Make and model: Airbus A319-132
- Registry model: [Airbus A319-132](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a319-132) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 1350
- Aircraft time: 58,462 hours, 25,696 cycles
- System (JASC): [4920 · APU Core Engine](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/4920)
- Part: Apu
- Condition: Odor
- Location: Zone 200
- Stage of operation: DE
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: B
- Precautionary procedure: B
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201811179004

## Discrepancy

THE AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. ON DECENT, A VERY ACRID ODOR. APU CAUSED TO BE THE SOURCE OF ODOR. A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE ISSUED UPON RECEIPT OF FINAL CORRECTIVE ACTION. *** (OPEN)

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