Service difficulty report · Odor · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
December 17, 2005
Submitted
December 20, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N436UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
638
Aircraft time
31,798 hours, 11,188 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Odor
Condition
Detected
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, J
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

STRONG ELECTRICAL SMELL IN THE COCKPIT AND IN THE CABIN. JUST PRIOR TO SMELL, BOTH MCDU'S DUMPED ALL INFO. AFTER DESCENT, RECEIVED PITOT HEAT MSG FOR THE CAPT & F/O SIDE. ACCOMPLISHED HIGH POWER RUN BOTH ENGINES PER JET RUN-UP HANDBOOK. NO SMELLS OR SMOKE WITH PACKS ON AND COCKPIT LIT UP, WINDOW HEAT, PITOT HEAT ON. MCDU'S OPS NORMAL. NO PARTS REPLACED AND NO FURTHER ELECTRICAL SMELL.

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