# SDR AALA201903189002

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: March 15, 2019
- Submitted: March 18, 2019
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N291AY](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N291AY), registered now
- Make and model: Airbus A330-243
- Registry model: [Airbus A330-243](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a330-243) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 1502
- Aircraft time: 20,523 hours, 3,242 cycles
- System (JASC): [2150 · Cabin Cooling System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/2150)
- Part: Heat Exchanger
- Part number: 967A000003
- Part serial: 0967A00ES002033
- Condition: Leaking
- Location: Lt A/C Pack
- Part time: 23,054 hours, 3,125 cycles
- Stage of operation: CL
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: B
- Precautionary procedure: A
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201903189002

## Discrepancy

FLIGHT CREW REPORTED A STRONG ODOR DURING CLIMB.   ISOLATED TO THE LEFT A/C PACK.  MAINTENANCE ACCOMPLISHED A BORESCOPE OF THE LT ENGINE LP & HP, NO OIL NOTED.  REMOVED AND REPLACED THE HEAT EXCHANGER AND THE LT PACK COMPONENTS.

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