What was found
PUNGENT ODOR AFTER TAKEOFF & DURING DESCENT, FA REPORTED IN MID CABIN AREA WAS A STRONGER ODOR SIMILAR TO PNEU. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. REPLACED PRIMARY HEAT EXCHANGER.
- Difficulty date
- February 8, 2018
- Submitted
- February 15, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N281AY
- Make and model
- Airbus A330243
- Aircraft serial
- 1041
- Aircraft time
- 35,213 hours, 5,181 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2150 · Cabin Cooling System
- Part
- Heat Exchanger
- Part number
- 966A000003
- Part serial
- 0966A00ES002112
- Condition
- Odor
- Part time
- 33,754 hours, 4,947 cycles
- Stage of operation
- CL
- 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.