# SDR AALA202601018483

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: December 29, 2025
- Submitted: January 1, 2026
- 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: 70,099 hours, 41,605 cycles
- System (JASC): [4920 · APU Core Engine](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/4920)
- Part: Apu
- Part number: 38007081WGEN
- Part serial: 6630
- Condition: Odor
- Location: Zone 100
- Stage of operation: DE
- 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/AALA202601018483

## Discrepancy

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: DIRTY SOCK FUMES BELOW 10,000 IN ALL PHASES OF FLIGHT. ESPECIALLY DOMINANT DURING POWER CHANGES, IDLE TO ADVANCED SETTINGS. MAINTENANCE DETERMINED APU WAS SOURCE OF ODOR, APU WAS CHANGED PER SOF J/C'S AND ACCOMPLISHED ON J/C26L3049003.

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