Service difficulty report · Air Distribution · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
February 10, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N795UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26927
Part
Air Distribution
Condition
Odor
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING FLIGHT AN OZONE SMELL WOULD OCCUR OFF AND ON, FOR ENTIRE FLIGHT. ALTITUDES WERE FL 370 AND 410. SUPPLEMENTAL DATA UPDATE ON GROUND AT MIAMI, THE ODOR STILL PERSISTED UNTIL THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM BURNOUT WAS PERFORMED. THERE WERE NO FURTHER REPORTS OF BAD ODOR ON SUBSEQUENT FLIGHTS. THE ODOR/SMELL PROBABLY CAME FROM A DIFFERENT SOURCE THAN OZONE BECAUSE THE SMELL PERSISTED ON THE GROUND AS WELL. ALSO, FLIGHT 733 FROM SFO TO MIA ON THAT PARTICULAR DAY OF THE YEAR, AT FLIGHT LEVEL 370 TO 410 WAS NOT EXPOSED TO HIGH CONCENTRATION OF OZONE.