# SDR AALA202601293346

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: January 28, 2026
- Submitted: January 29, 2026
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N327SK](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N327SK), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 737-8
- Registry model: [Boeing 737-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 44477
- Aircraft time: 15,932 hours, 5,908 cycles
- System (JASC): [2120 · Air Distribution System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/2120)
- Part: Unknown
- Condition: Odor
- Location: Cabin
- Stage of operation: DE
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: B
- Precautionary procedure: O
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA202601293346

## Discrepancy

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: DURING DESCENT LEVELING AT FL290 WITH THROTTLE ADVANCED ON THE FLIGHT DECK THERE WAS A CABIN FUME SMELL NOTICED BY ALL CREW MEMBERS. SEEMED MORE PREDOMINATE ON FLIGHT DECK. IT SMELLED LIKE OIL. FLIGHT CREW HAD TO PUT ON OXYGEN MASKS.  PERFORMED T/S PER J/C 09L00021001, FOUND ODOR COMING FROM ENGINE2. CONTINUED J/C TO COMPLETION AND VERIFIED ODOR IS NO LONGER PRESENT AT THIS TIME, NO FAULT FOUND.

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