# SDR DALA2026010500055

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: January 3, 2026
- Submitted: January 5, 2026
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N118DY](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N118DY), registered now
- Make and model: Airbus A321-211
- Registry model: [Airbus A321-211](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a321-211) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 10140
- Aircraft time: 15,603 hours, 6,673 cycles
- System (JASC): [4920 · APU Core Engine](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/4920)
- Part: Apu
- Condition: Contaminated
- Location: Zone 100
- Stage of operation: AP
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: C, B
- Precautionary procedure: O
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2026010500055

## Discrepancy

FUME - DECLARED EMERGENCY DUE TO A STRONG ODOR IN THE COCKPIT.   POSSIBLE SOURCE OF SMELL WAS DE-ICING FLUID IN THE APU INLET, BUT THE SMELL COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. PERFORMED LEVEL A DECONTAMINATION. (LP 8068890, 1382926)

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