Service difficulty report · Unknown · Boeing 737823

Difficulty date
July 8, 2023
Submitted
July 10, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N341SV
Make and model
Boeing 737823
Aircraft serial
44487
Aircraft time
7,100 hours, 2,637 cycles
Part
Unknown
Part number
UNKNOWN
Condition
Unknown
Location
Unknown
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A, O

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO CLT. FLIGHT ATTENDANTS REPORTED A FUEL SMELL NEAR ROWS 14-16. ALSO REPORTED AS A MUSKY SMELL. FLIGHT CREW WENT ON OXYGEN AND DIVERTED TO CLT WHERE THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE ACCOMPLISHED SMOKE ODOR FUME TROUBLE SHOOTING TASK CARD 09L0002101 WAS COMPLIED WITH. INSPECTION OF APU COMPARTMENT WAS ALSO PERFORMED. NO SIGNS OF LEAKS NOTED. ENGINES WERE RAN UP TO HIGH POWER FOR 20 MINS. NO ABNORMAL SMELL NOTED. ALTHOUGH WALKING THROUGH ROWS 14-16 A PERSONAL CAN OF PEPPER SPRAY WAS FOUND. NO DEFECTIVE COMPONENT WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE SOURCE FOR THE SMELL REPORTED. MAINTENANCE COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE ODOR AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.