Service difficulty report · Fan · Airbus A320214

Difficulty date
September 10, 2024
Submitted
September 11, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N126UW
Make and model
Airbus A320214
Aircraft serial
4149
Aircraft time
39,299 hours, 21,950 cycles
Part
Fan
Part number
EVT3454HM01
Part serial
4271
Condition
Odor
Location
Zone 100
Part time
66,816 hours, 35,255 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.

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED DURING DESCENT INTO DFW DUE TO THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTING AN ODOR IN THE FLIGHT DECK. THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED THAT AFTER LEVEL OFF, BOTH PILOTS FELT AND HEARD A RUMBLING IN THE FLIGHT DECK ACCOMPANIED BY A SLIGHT ELECTRICAL ODOR FROM THE CFLIGHT DECK VENTS. THE FLIGHT CREW SELECTED OVERRIDE ON THE BLOWER FAN WHICH RESULTED IN THE RUMBLING CEASING AND THE ELECTRICAL SMELL DISSIPATING. DURING DESCENT PASSING FL180, A STRONG ELECTRICAL ODOR RE-OCCURRED IN THE FLIGHT DECK. BOTH PILOTS DONNED OXYGEN MASKS. #1 FLIGHT ATTENDANT NOTICED SLIGHT ODOR FROM THE FORWARD GALLEY THROUGH ROW 10. THE EXTRACT FAN FAULTED DURING THE DESCENT AND THE OVERRIDE WAS SELECTED BY THE FLIGHT CREW. THE ODOR DISSIPATE IN BOTH THE FLIGHT DECK AND CABIN DESCENDING THROUGH 10,000 FEET. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT DFW AND TAXIED TO THE GATE UNDER ITS OWN POWER. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE EXTRACTOR BLOWER FAN INOPERATIVE AND REPLACED IT PER AMM 21-26-51-400. A SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITH NO ODORS NOTED.

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