Service difficulty report · None · Boeing 737

Difficulty date
May 5, 2022
Submitted
May 11, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N879NN
Make and model
Boeing 737
Aircraft serial
31133
Aircraft time
31,206 hours, 13,041 cycles
Part
None
Condition
Odor
Location
Zone 300 - Stabs
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, O
Precautionary procedure
A, D

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: PASSING FL210 CLIMBING CABIN CREW REPORTED A STRONG UNIDENTIFIABLE ODOR. TO COCKPIT IT SMELLED LIKE MUSTY AIR CONDITIONING. TWO F'LIGHT ATTENDANTS BELIEVED IT SMELLED LIKE BURNING PLASTIC AND ELECTRICAL. WE TURNED OFF RE CIRCULATION FANS AT SAME TIME FLIGHT ATTENDANT TURNED OFF ALL POWERPORTS. NO SMOKE EVER REPORTED. UPON TURNING OFF POWERPORTS AND RECIRCULATION FANS THE ODOR DISSIPATED. DECLARED EMERGENCY UPON LEARNING FLIGHT ATTENDANTS DESCRIBED IT AS ELECTRICAL. MOST ODOR AROUND ROW 18. LASTED PERHAPS A MINUTE AND WAS GONE. UPON LANDING PASSENGER IN 19A SAID SMELL RETURNED WHEN FLAPS CAME OUT. ACCOMPLISHED TSI NUMBER 004851 AND WORK CARD 08L00021001, PERFORMED POST FLIGHT INSPECTION FOR EXTERIOR OF AIRCRAFT, NO INGESTION NOTED. ACCOMPLISHED SEPARATE ENGINES RUNS, NO ODORS DETECTED FROM THE BLEED AIR. POWER PORTS AND IN FLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT WERE POWERED THROUGH THE COMPLETION OF THIS TASK.