# SDR AALA202603276348

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: March 23, 2026
- Submitted: March 27, 2026
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N930AN](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N930AN), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 737823
- Aircraft serial: 29529
- Aircraft time: 69,504 hours, 29,421 cycles
- System (JASC): [3830 · Waste Disposal System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/3830)
- Part: Insulation
- Condition: Soiled
- Location: Zone 100
- Stage of operation: NR
- 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/AALA202603276348

## Discrepancy

AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED: REPEATED ISSUES WITH DURING CRUISE PASSENGERS COMPLAINING OF STRONG ODOR COMING FROM BUSINESS CLASS AREA. FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORT ODOR SMELLS LIKE TRASH DUMPSTER COMING FROM NEAR CARPET BY SEATS 1DF.  REPLACED DRAIN "T" TUBE IN ELECTRONICS COMPARTMENT (AALA202603246981), PER AMM 38-31-00. REPLACED COLLAPSED (AALA202603275592) AND RIPPED (AALA202603279349) GALLEY DRAIN TUBE ABOVE LEFT RECIRCULATION FILTER TO AFT DRAIN MAST, PER AMM 38-31-00. REPLACED WET SOILED INSULATION BLANKETS (AALA202603276348), PER AARD 25-80-00-3 AND AMM 25-80-2. GALLEY DRAIN OPS CHECKED, LEAK CHECKED PER AMM 38-31-00 AND 32-09-00 NO LEAKS NOTED, GRAY WATER DRAIN IS GOOD.

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