# SDR AALA20170204001

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: February 3, 2017
- Submitted: February 6, 2017
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N980AN](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N980AN), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 737823
- Aircraft serial: 33203
- Aircraft time: 24,944 hours, 9,875 cycles
- System (JASC): [2120 · Air Distribution System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/2120)
- Part: Unknown
- Condition: Odor
- Location: Cabin
- Stage of operation: CR
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: B
- Precautionary procedure: A
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20170204001

## Discrepancy

BURNING PLASTIC ODOR IN THE CABIN. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. EMERGENCY DECLARED. FLIGHT RETURNED, LANDING UNEVENTFUL. PERFORMED CABIN ODOR TROUBLESHOOTING IAW SIC 05-96-70. NO DEFECTS NOTED. OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD.

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