# SDR AALA202205196380

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: April 24, 2022
- Submitted: May 19, 2022
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N554UW](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N554UW), registered now
- Make and model: Airbus A300*
- Aircraft serial: 4966
- Aircraft time: 31,824 hours, 12,794 cycles
- System (JASC): [4990 · APU Oil System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/4990)
- Part: Transfer Tube
- Condition: Leaking
- Location: Zone 100 - Fuse
- Component: Apu, Honeywell, 1319A
- Component part number: 38007081
- Stage of operation: DE
- 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/AALA202205196380

## Discrepancy

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: FLIGHT ATTENDANTS COMPLAINED OF DIRTY SOCK SMELL ON DESCENT. MAINTENANCE ISOLATED THE SOURCE OF THE ODOR TO THE APU. **ORIGINAL REPORT WAS AALA202204272251** MAINTENANCE FOUND THE APU OIL COOLING FAN LEAKING OIL AND REPLACED IT PER AMM 49-52-51. MAINTENACE ALSO FOUND APU OIL COOLING FAN TRANSFER TUBES LEAKING OIL AND REPLACED THE O-RINGS AS REQUIRED. (AALA202205196380) A SATISFACTORY LEAK / OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS ACCOMPLISHED. NOTE: THE ITEMS REPLACED ON THIS REPORT ALSO CORRECTED ANOTHER ODOR EVENT THAT WAS REPORTED ON AALA202205040261.

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