# SDR AALA202404157930

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: April 12, 2024
- Submitted: April 15, 2024
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N549UW](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N549UW), registered now
- Make and model: Airbus A321-231
- Registry model: [Airbus A321-231](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a321-231) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 4932
- Aircraft time: 40,575 hours, 15,826 cycles
- System (JASC): [4950 · APU Bleed Air System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/4950)
- Part: Check Valve
- Part number: FRH220034V
- Condition: Noisy
- Location: Apu
- Stage of operation: CR
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: A
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA202404157930

## Discrepancy

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO CLT DUE TO A VERY LOUD METALLIC GRINDING SOUND COMING FROM FLOOR LEVEL, BEHIND THE WALL, OR UNDER THE FLOOR IN THE AREA OF THE MID LAVATORY ON LEFT SIDE. THE NOISE WAS HEARD DURING FLIGHT FROM BEFORE CRUISE TO JUST BEFORE LANDING. PRESSURIZATION WAS NORMAL. NO FLIGHT DECK INDICATIONS. COULD HEAR NOISE THROUGH INTERCOM WHEN COMMUNICATING TO FLIGHT ATTENDANTS. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT CLT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE APU BLED AIR CHECK VALVE PER AMM 36-12-51 AND ACCOMPLISHED A SATISFACTOY LEAK / OPERATIONAL CHECK. (AALA202404157930) MAINTENNACE ALSO FOUND THE MID LAVATORY ASSEMBLY COULD BE SHOOK / MOVED BY HAND DUE TO THE MID LAVATORY UPPER ATTACHMENT ROD BEING LOOSE. MAINTENANCE ADJUSTED AND SECURED THE ROD PER AMM 25-42-41. (AALA202404155098)

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