Service difficulty report · Unknown · Boeing 737

Difficulty date
November 21, 2012
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Boeing 737
Engine
Cfmint CFM567B22
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) NO FAULT FOUND WITH ACFT, FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLED TO ACFT AFTER LANDING DUE TO BURNING ODOR IN CABIN. DISPATCH ALERTED MAINTENANCE CONTROL THAT ACFT, AFTER COMPLETION OF FLIGHT, STOPPED SHORT OF THE GATE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS LOOKING THE ACFT OVER. CREW REPORTED A BURNING ODOR IN CABIN. MAINTENANCE CALLED OUT. DEFECT H53494: UPON LANDING, AFTER STARTING UP APU, WITHIN 1 MIN, VERY STRONG BURNING ODOR SEEMINGLY FROM DUCTING BEGAN. INTENSIFIED AND BEGAN TO SUBSIDE AFTER 1 MINUTE. ODOR NOTED BY F/A. CFR WAS CALLED TO INVESTIGATE, NO EVIDENCE OF BURNING FOUND. ODOR WAS THAT OF "BURNING RUBBER" SUSPECTED DE-ICE FLUID IN APU INLET RESOLUTION: CARRIED OUT FIM 21-00, TASK 806, CHECKING, FLUID LEVELS, CONTAMINATION AT GROUND, CHECK VALVE, ENGINES FOR LEAKS, AIR CONDITIONING PACK AND RAN APU WITH AIR CONDITIONING PACKS OPERATING, APU INLET AND EXHAUST. NO DEFECTS AND CREW MENTIONED DEPARTING IMMEDIATELY AFTER DE-ICING. SUSPECT BURNING ODOR WAS DE-ICING FLUID INGESTED INTO AIR CONDITIONING SYS. ACFT CONSIDERED SERVICEABLE.