SDR AALA202209085614

Service difficulty report · Lavatory · Airbus A300*

Difficulty date: September 5, 2022
Submitted: September 8, 2022
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N929AA
Make and model: Airbus A300*
Aircraft serial: 7525
Aircraft time: 16,732 hours, 6,531 cycles
System (JASC): 3830 · Waste Disposal System
Part: Lavatory
Condition: Inoperative
Location: Zone 900 - Lav/G
Stage of operation: CR
How discovered: V
Nature of condition: O
Precautionary procedure: A, O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: AIRCRAFT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO MIA DUE TO ALL LAVATORIES NOT FLUSHING IN FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT MIA WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE LAVATORIES WERE SERVICED AND SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL CHECKS OF THE VACUUM SYSTEM AND LIQUID LEVEL SENSOR WERE PERFORMED PER AMM 38-31-00-710-002-A AND AMM 38-31-00-720-0002-A WITH NO FAULTS BEING NOTED. A SATISFACTORY CIDS BITE TESS WAS ACCOMPLISHED PER AMM 23-73-00-740-005-B WITH NO FAULTS BEING NOTED.