# SDR AALA202310050433

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: October 3, 2023
- Submitted: October 5, 2023
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N708UW](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N708UW), registered now
- Make and model: Airbus A319-112
- Registry model: [Airbus A319-112](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a319-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 972
- Aircraft time: 64,843 hours, 38,086 cycles
- System (JASC): [4900 · Airborne Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/4900)
- Part: Apu
- Part number: 38007081
- Part serial: P3757
- Condition: Leaking
- Location: Zone 100 - Fuse
- Part time: 36,556 hours, 23,579 cycles
- Stage of operation: DE
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: K, B
- Precautionary procedure: O
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA202310050433

## Discrepancy

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: DIRTY SOCKS ODOR IN FLIGHT DECK DURING DESCENT WITH PACKS ON. MAINTENANCE ISOLATED THE SOURCE OF THE ODOR TO THE APU.  (OPEN)

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