# SDR AALA202208166031

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: August 12, 2022
- Submitted: August 16, 2022
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N173US](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N173US), registered now
- Make and model: Airbus A300*
- Aircraft serial: 1481
- Aircraft time: 70,154 hours, 26,658 cycles
- System (JASC): [4900 · Airborne Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/4900)
- Part: None
- Part number: 38007081
- Part serial: P4207
- Condition: Odor
- Location: Zone 100 - Fuse
- 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/AALA202208166031

## Discrepancy

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: FLIGHT ATTENDANTS REPORT A CHEMICAL SMELL IN CABIN DESCENDING INTO SLC. MAINTENANCE ISOLATED SOURCE OF ODOR TO THE APU. **SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED** (OPEN)

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