# SDR AALA202105119013

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: May 9, 2021
- Submitted: May 11, 2021
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N831AW](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N831AW), registered now
- Make and model: Airbus A319-132
- Registry model: [Airbus A319-132](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a319-132) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 1576
- Aircraft time: 59,519 hours, 27,023 cycles
- System (JASC): [4990 · APU Oil System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/4990)
- Part: Sight Glass
- Condition: Leaking
- Location: Zone 100 - Fuse
- Stage of operation: CL
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: B
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA202105119013

## Discrepancy

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: STRONG FUMES/ODOR OF OIL IN CABIN AND COCKPIT ON CLIMB OUT THEN DISSIPATED WITHOUT FLIGHT OR CABIN CREW ACTION. FUMES/ODOR RETURNED ON DESCENT, DISSIPATES WITHOUT FLIGHT OR CABIN CREW ACTION. EMERGENCY WAS NOT DECLARED. REPLACED SIGHT GLASS AND O-RING (AALA202105119001) PER CMM 49-25-69. RE SERVICED OIL. LEAK CHECK GOOD.

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