Service difficulty report · Odor · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
April 25, 2003
Submitted
April 28, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N654AW
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
1050
Aircraft time
14,236 hours, 5,428 cycles
Part
Odor
Condition
Detected
Location
Cabin
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

LAX - AIR TURN BACK - FLT 0081 - ON CLIMB OUT OF LAX EN ROUTE FOR PHX, FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED AN ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR AT MID CABIN. TURNED OFF GALLEY POWER, NO HELP; DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURN TO LAX. PILOT ALSO OBSERVED A HOT WAX ODOR IN FLIGHT THAT WAS ISOLATED TO THE NO. 2 AIR CONDITIONING PACK. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED MID CABIN AREA OVERHEAD POWER SUPPLY UNITS, NO ELECTRICAL ODOR WAS DETECTED. RAN BOTH AIR CONDITIONING PACKS TO FULL HOT AND COLD, NO ODORS NOTED. PRIOR TO THIS FLIGHT NUMEROUS SEALS WERE REPLACED ON BOTH AIR CONDITIONING PACKS, SUSPECT WAX FROM SEALS MAY HAVE PRODUCED BURNING ODOR.

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