Service difficulty report · Filter · Airbus A330243

Difficulty date
February 25, 2016
Submitted
February 29, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N291AY
Make and model
Airbus A330243
Aircraft serial
1502
Aircraft time
8,621 hours, 1,328 cycles
Part
Filter
Condition
Odor
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GNDED. FLIGHT ATTENDANTS REPORTED AN ODOR IN THE CABIN, LATE IN THE FLIGHT, WHICH WAS THROUGHOUT THE CABIN & SMELLED LIKE DE-ICE FLUID, BUT THE ACFT WAS NOT DE-ICED PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT & SOME DESCRIBED IT AS A ELEC SMELL. ACCOMPLISHED A330 TROUBLESHOOTING CABIN AIR QUALITY JC 33L00021001. INSPECTED APU COMPARTMENT, INLET & EXHAUST, NO LEAKS. INSPECTED AIRFRAME, NO LEAKS EVIDENT, R & R 8 EACH HEPA RECIRCULATION FILTERS IAW AMM 22-21-41. RAN BOTH ENGS & APU IN BLEED PACK CONFIGURATIONS, NO ODORS DETECTED.

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