Service difficulty report · A/C Pack · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
August 12, 2026
Submitted
August 13, 2026
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N539UW
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
4082
Aircraft time
52,291 hours, 21,062 cycles
Part
A/C Pack
Condition
Odor
Location
Zone 100
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 WAS GROUNDED: AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO CLT DUE TO THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTING A FUME EVENT STARTING AT SEAT ROW 32 AND EXTENDING AFT WHICH WAS DESCRIBED AS A VERY STRONG SMELL OF DEICING FLUID BY THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS - THE FLIGHT CREW ACCOMPLISHED THE QRH FUME PROCEDURES AND THE SMELL DISSIPATED EVENTUALLY ONCE PACK 2 WAS TURNED OFF - THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT CLT AT TAXIED TO THE GATE UNDER ITS OWN POWER - MAINTENANCE ACCOMPLISHED JOB CARD 26L00021001 AND MAINTENANCE REPORTED THAT THE APU COMPARTMENT WAS CLEAN AND NO FINDINGS WERE NOTED - MAINTENANCE COMPLETED AN ISOLATION RUN WITH NO FINDINGS NOTED

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