# SDR DALA2026100505482

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: October 4, 2026
- Submitted: October 5, 2026
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N536DN](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N536DN), registered now
- Make and model: Airbus A321-271NX
- Registry model: [Airbus A321-271NX](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-s-a-s-a321-271nx) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 11426
- Aircraft time: 13,974 hours, 3,470 cycles
- System (JASC): [2810 · Fuel Storage](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/2810)
- Part: Sump
- Condition: Leaking
- Location: Fuel Cell
- Stage of operation: IN
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: K
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2026100505482

## Discrepancy

AIRCRAFT 5036, FAS REPORT A KEROSENE LIKE SMELL IN THE AFT GALLEY AREA. TURNING PACK 2 OFF IN FLIGHT HELPED TO DISSIPATE THE ODOR FOR MOST OF THE FLIGHT. AT 20 MINS TO TOD THERE WAS ANOTHER REPORT OF THE ODOR RETURNING, APU ON AT SHUTDOWN ALSO RESULTED IN ODOR. CORRECTIVE ACTION: ON W/A FOUND LEAKING LEFT CENTER TANK FUEL SUMP LEAKING INTO HYD BAY AT PN 195BB. FUEL NOTED ON BOTTOM OF FUSELAGE. RESECURED SUMP VALVE, NO LEAKS NOTED. RAN APU AND ENGINES, PACKS AND ISOLATED EACH, RAN AT MULITPLE POWER SETING, NO SMELLS. (LP 8541078 - AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED)

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