# SDR SWAA2025050967900

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: May 5, 2025
- Submitted: May 9, 2025
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N8827Q](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8827Q), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 737-8
- Registry model: [Boeing 737-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 42598
- Aircraft time: 8,112 hours, 4,453 cycles
- System (JASC): [4980 · APU Exhaust System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/4980)
- Part: Tailpipe
- Condition: Contaminated
- Location: Apu
- Stage of operation: IN
- How discovered: V
- Nature of condition: B
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA2025050967900

## Discrepancy

CREW OBSERVED SMOKE AT BASE OF HORIZONTAL STAB WITH APU RUNNING.<[01] FOUND EXCESSIVE WATER ACCUMULATED IN APU TAIL CONE / TAIL PIPE BODY FAIRING ASSEMBLY. CLEANED DRAIN TUBE FOR TAIL CONE AND DRAINED WATER FROM AREA PER SIP.

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