Service difficulty report · A/C Pack · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
January 14, 2022
Submitted
January 18, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N141NN
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
6656
Aircraft time
19,866 hours, 7,507 cycles
Part
A/C Pack
Condition
Odor
Location
Nr 2
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.

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: ACRID ODOR DEVELOPED AFTER TAKE OFF & DURING CLIMB, STOPPED CLIMB AT 210 & STARTED APU ON APU BLEED ODOR SUBSIDED APPLIED QRH PROCEDURE TO DETERMINE SOURCE OF ODOR. ODOR RETURNED WITH PACK 2 ON ENGINE 2 BLEED. CONTINUED FLIGHT SINGLE PACK WITH PACK 1 ON ENG 1 BLEED WITH NO FURTHER ODOR. PERFORMED TROUBLESHOOTING TASK CARD 26L00021001, INSPECTED ENGINE AND APU COMPARTMENTS AND WAS UNABLE TO RE-CREATE THE ODOR OR FIND ANY ACTIVE CAUSE OF THE ODOR. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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