# SDR AALA202511076415

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: November 4, 2025
- Submitted: November 7, 2025
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N715UW](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N715UW), registered now
- Make and model: Airbus A319-112
- Registry model: [Airbus A319-112](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a319-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 1051
- Aircraft time: 68,330 hours, 40,517 cycles
- System (JASC): [4900 · Airborne Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/4900)
- Part: Apu
- Part number: 38007081WGEN
- Part serial: P3346
- Condition: Leaking
- Location: Zone 300
- Part time: 48,476 hours, 22,590 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/AALA202511076415

## Discrepancy

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: WHEN POWER LEVERS WERE AT IDLE FOR A FEW MOMENTS ON ARRIVAL APPROXIMATELY 5 MINS FROM LANDING A PUNGENT DIRTY SOCK SMELL IN THECOCKPIT MUCH MORE THAN USUAL. LINGERED FOR A WHILE. APU WAS OFF.F/A'S DID NOT SMELL THE ODOR IN THE CABIN. MAINTENANCE FOUND APU SOURCE OF THE ODOR WITH LEAKS IN LOAD COMPRESSOR AND REPLACED APU.

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