# SDR AALA202410239917

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: October 22, 2024
- Submitted: October 23, 2024
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N177XF](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N177XF), registered now
- Make and model: Airbus A319-112
- Registry model: [Airbus A319-112](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a319-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 2836
- Aircraft time: 58,535 hours, 27,268 cycles
- System (JASC): [3830 · Waste Disposal System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/3830)
- Part: Generator
- Condition: Burned Out
- Location: Vacuum Sys
- Stage of operation: CR
- 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/AALA202410239917

## Discrepancy

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: DURING CRUISE FA'S REPORTED A STRONG SMELL IN THE VICINITY OF AFT LAVS THAT WAS BEST DESCRIBED BY THEM AS BURNING RUBBER. THE SMELL WAS BRIEF IN DURATION APPROX 1 MIN AND COMPLETELY DISAPPEARED WHILE THEY INVESTIGATED. THERE WAS NO ONE IN THE LAVS AT THE TIME. MAINTENANCE FOUND SOURCE OF THE ODOR VACUUM GENERATOR.

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