# SDR AALA201602289006

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: February 25, 2016
- Submitted: February 29, 2016
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N291AY](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N291AY), registered now
- Make and model: Airbus A330-243
- Registry model: [Airbus A330-243](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a330-243) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 1502
- Aircraft time: 8,621 hours, 1,328 cycles
- System (JASC): [2120 · Air Distribution System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/2120)
- Part: Filter
- Condition: Odor
- Location: Cabin
- Stage of operation: CR
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: B
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201602289006

## Discrepancy

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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