Service difficulty report · Fan · Airbus A321211

Difficulty date
December 21, 2025
Submitted
December 26, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N190UW
Make and model
Airbus A321211
Aircraft serial
1436
Aircraft time
77,255 hours, 30,247 cycles
Part
Fan
Part number
VD390100
Part serial
110417
Condition
Faulted
Location
Zone 100
Part time
77,254 hours, 30,247 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
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

ACFT GROUNDED: DURING CRUISE AFT F/A CALLED & SAID THEY SMELLED A STRONG ODOR OF SULPHURIC LIKE ODOR. FWD F/A CALLED & SAID SAME THING. CABIN JUMPSEATER REACHED UP & SHUT OFF LAV, ATTN, READ POWER BUTTONS ON CIDS PANEL. ODOR DISAPPEARED & NO FURTHER ISSUES. STONGEST ODOR AROUND 2L & 2R ACCORDING TO JUMPSEAT F/A. MX ACCOMP WORK CARD 26L0002001 & DURING CFDS INTERROGATION & AMM 21-21-00 OPS TEST FOUND NR 2 RECIR FAN WAS TRIPPED & TRIPPED ITS CIRCUIT BREAKER & EMITTED A SULFUR-LIKE ODOR. THE FAN SITS IMMEDIATELY UNDER AREA OF CABIN F/AS REPORTED INITIAL AREA OF ODOR & STRONGEST AREA OF ODOR DURING EVENT. CFDS REPORTING INDICATED A CLASS 3 EVENT OCCURRED IN CORRESPONDENCE OF REPORTED EVENT. NO OTHER WORK CARD FINDINGS NOTED & NO APU FLUID INGESTION FOUND. MX REPLACED NR 2 CABIN RECIRC FAN & ACCOMP A SATIS OP CHECK IAW AMM 21-21-51.

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