# SDR AALA202303066734

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: March 1, 2023
- Submitted: March 6, 2023
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N126UW](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N126UW), registered now
- Make and model: Airbus A320-214
- Registry model: [Airbus A320-214](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a320-214) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 4149
- Aircraft time: 35,061 hours, 19,269 cycles
- System (JASC): [4900 · Airborne Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/4900)
- Part: Apu
- Part number: 38007081
- Part serial: P3496
- Condition: Odor
- Location: Zone 100 - Fuse
- Part time: 44,777 hours, 20,880 cycles
- Stage of operation: TO
- 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/AALA202303066734

## Discrepancy

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: ON TAKEOFF FROM CLT HAD SMELL OF BURNING OIL DISSAPATED   AROUND 5-8K. SMELL REAPPEARED 5K ON DECENT INTO LIT. MAINTENANCE ISOLATED THE SOURCE OF THE ODOR TO THE APU. **SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED** (OPEN)

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