Service difficulty report · Bladder · Boeing 737823

Difficulty date
February 10, 2018
Submitted
February 14, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N906AN
Make and model
Boeing 737823
Aircraft serial
29508
Aircraft time
55,940 hours, 22,587 cycles
Part
Bladder
Condition
Odor
Location
Sill Drain
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
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

AIRCRAFT HAD VERY STRONG ACRID,OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING FROM FORWARD GALLEY AND FORWARD ENTRY AREA. ONE HOUR INTO FLIGHT THE THE WAS STILL PERVASIVE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. ACCOMPLISHED SIC 05-96-70. FOUND FORWARD SILL DRAIN BLADDER THE CAUSE OF ODOR. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE BLADDER ASSEMBLY IAW AMM 38-31-03. NO ODOR. OK FOR SERVICE.