# SDR AALA202201317306

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: January 28, 2022
- Submitted: January 31, 2022
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N980UY](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N980UY), registered now
- Make and model: Airbus A300*
- Aircraft serial: 5795
- Aircraft time: 26,545 hours, 10,265 cycles
- System (JASC): [3830 · Waste Disposal System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/3830)
- Part: Generator
- Part number: 14330375
- Part serial: 9732
- Condition: Odor
- Location: Zone 100 - Fuse
- Part time: 9,686 hours, 3,830 cycles
- Stage of operation: TX
- How discovered: V
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA202201317306

## Discrepancy

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: DURING TAXI AND DE-ICE, FLIGHT ATTENDANT HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND STRONG BURNING ORDER FROM AFT LAVATORY AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO GATE. NO LAVATORY WILL FLUSH. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE VACUUM GENERATOR PER THE AMM 38-31-64.

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