Service difficulty report · Unknown · Boeing 737823

Difficulty date
December 29, 2025
Submitted
January 2, 2026
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N306PB
Make and model
Boeing 737823
Aircraft serial
31257
Aircraft time
25,492 hours, 11,075 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT IN BASE MAINTENANCE: AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO ELP DUE TO THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTING THAT THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS WERE EXPERIENCING HEADACHES DUE TO A SMELL FROM THE AFT GALLEY. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT ELP WHERE IT TAXIED TO THE GATE UNDER ITS OWN POWER. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED TASK CARD 08L00021001, PERFORMED GVI OF PACK INLETS, ENGINE INLETS AND APU INLET, INSPECTED LOWER BELLY FOR FLUID WITH NO FINDINGS, RAN LEFT AND RIGHT PACKS FULL HOT AND FULL COLD, RAN ENGINES WITH BLEEDS ON AND OFF NO SMELL THRU CABIN AND AFT GALLEY PER TASK CARD 08L00021001. MAINTENANCE DID NOT IDENTIFY A SPECIFIC PART THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE REPORTED SMELL.