Service difficulty report · Ballast · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
September 16, 2016
Submitted
September 20, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N509AY
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
3796
Aircraft time
27,962 hours, 9,716 cycles
Part
Ballast
Condition
Defective
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 GROUNDED: F/A REPORT A STRONG JET FUEL ODOR IN MID CABIN MOVING AFT THEN MOVING FORWARD. MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOT CABIN ODOR IAW J/C 26L00021001 AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE FUEL ODOR IN CABIN DURING BLEED SYS ISOLATION DID DETECT AN ELECTRICAL ODOR IN MID CABIN, DETERMINED TO BE A BAD BALLAST AT ROW 22. REPLACED BALLAST IAW AMM 33-21-11. OPS CHECKED NORMAL. EXTERIOR INSPECTION OF ACFT REVEALED NO LEAKS FROM FUSELAGE, ENGINE OR APU. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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