# SDR AALA202411186871

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: November 17, 2024
- Submitted: November 18, 2024
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N702UW](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N702UW), registered now
- Make and model: Airbus A319-112
- Registry model: [Airbus A319-112](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a319-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 896
- Aircraft time: 67,692 hours, 39,996 cycles
- System (JASC): [3320 · Passenger Compartment Lighting](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/3320)
- Part: Ballast
- Condition: Failed
- Location: Zone 200
- Stage of operation: AP
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: B
- Precautionary procedure: O
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA202411186871

## Discrepancy

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: AT 500 FEET ON APPROACH THERE WAS A VERY STRONG ELECTRICAL SMELLIN AFT GALLEY AND IN COCKPIT.  MORE PRONOUNCED IN AFT GALLEY. MAINTENANCE C/W J/C 26L00021001, RAN BOTH ENGINES AND FOUND LIGHT AT ROW 27DEF FLICKERING WITH AN ACRID ODOR IN SURROUNDING AREA. REMOVED AND REPLACED BALLAST AT ROW 27DEF IAW AMM 33-21-11. RE-RAN ENGINES, NO SMELLS NOTED,

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