Service difficulty report · A/C Pack · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
May 7, 2025
Submitted
May 13, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N912UY
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
6264
Aircraft time
34,435 hours, 14,197 cycles
Part
A/C Pack
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Zone 100
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 DURING THE DESCENT INTO MEM DUE TO THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS REPORTING FUMES IN MID AIRCRAFT EXTENDING TO THE AFT OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS REPORTED EYE IRRITATION AND STOMACH ISSUES. NO PASSENGERS WERE SEATED IN THE AREA. FLIGHT ATTENDANTS REPORTED THE SMELL AS POSSIBLY ELECTRICAL. THE FLIGHT CREW ACCOMPLISHED THE SMOKE / ODOR / FUME IN THE CABIN CHECKLIST. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT MEM AND TAXIED TO THE GATE UNDER ITS OWN POWER. **SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT FOR AALA202505087458: MAINTENANCE ACCOMPLISHED SMOKE ODOR FUME TROUBLESHOOTING TASK CARD 26L00021001 AND PACK DECONTAMINATION TASK CARD 26L00021013 WITH NO FURTHER ODORS NOTED. MAINTENANCE SUSPECTED THE ENGINE START CART INDUCED ODOR DUE TO THE APU BEING INOPERATIVE AND ON MEL. ** (CLOSED)

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