Service difficulty report · Odor · Airbus A320231

Difficulty date
September 13, 2001
Submitted
September 17, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N620AW
Make and model
Airbus A320231
Aircraft serial
052
Aircraft time
38,431 hours, 17,853 cycles
Part
Odor
Condition
Detected
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CL
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

PHX - AIR TURNBACK - FLT 751 - AFTER TAKEOFF THE FLIGHT DECK CREW SMELLED AN ELECTRICAL ODOR IN THE COCKPIT AND RETURNED TO PHX MAKING AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT HAD BEEN CALLED OUT. BY THE TIME THE AIRCRAFT LANDED THE ODOR HAD DISSIPATED. PRIOR TO THIS FLIGHT SEVERAL MAJOR ASSEMBLIES HAD BEEN REPLACED AS PART OF ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, THESE INCLUDE THE NR 1 ENGINE AND THE LT AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM AIR CYCLE MACHINE. DURING THE EVENT NO WARNING INDICATIONS WERE DISPLAYED IN THE COCKPIT. MAINTENANCE RAN BOTH ENGINES AT HIGH POWER SETTINGS, OPERATED ALL SYSTEMS TURNING THEM ON AND OFF SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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