Service difficulty report · Unknown · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
September 17, 2024
Submitted
September 18, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N973UY
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
4893
Aircraft time
41,561 hours, 16,334 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
DE
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 INBOUND TO LAS DUE TO THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTING THAT WHILE DESCENDING OUT OF FL270, THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS IN THE BACK OF THE AIRCRAFT CALLED UP AND STATED THEY HAD SMELLED A STRONG ODOR AND BURNING SMELL COMING FROM THE BACK OF THE AIRCRAFT THAT COULD NOT BE IDENTIFIED. THE FLIGHT CREW RAN THE APPROPRIATE CHECKLIST AND LANDED SAFELY AT LAS WHERE THE AIRCRAFT WAS MET BY CFR AND TAXIED TO THE GATE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED INSPECTION PER SMOKE / ODOR / FUME TROUBLE SHOOTING TASK CARD 26L00021001 WITH NO FINDINGS. MAINTENANCE WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE A SPECIFIC PART THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE BURNING SMELL.

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