# SDR AALA202206283194

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: June 20, 2022
- Submitted: June 28, 2022
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N9016](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9016), registered now
- Make and model: Airbus A300*
- Aircraft serial: 6040
- Aircraft time: 22,184 hours, 10,316 cycles
- System (JASC): [4990 · APU Oil System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/4990)
- Part: Oil Cap
- Condition: Loose
- 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: O
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA202206283194

## Discrepancy

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: FUME/ODOR EVENT DURING DESCENT. FOLLOWED QUICK ACTIONS AND THE ODOR WENT AWAY. MAINTENANCE ISOLATED THE SOURCE OF THE ODOR TO THE APU. **SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT FOR AALA202206213194: MAINTENANCE FOUND THE APU OIL SERVICING CAP LEVER LOOSE AND LEAKING. RE-INSTALLED APU OIL SERVICING CAP. A SATISFACTORY LEAK / OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS ACCOMPLISHED. ** (CLOSED)

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