SDR CALA2015050600376

Service difficulty report · Unknown · Boeing 737924ER

Difficulty date: May 6, 2015
Submitted: May 6, 2015
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N37462
Make and model: Boeing 737924ER
Aircraft serial: 37207
Aircraft time: 8,333 hours, 2,869 cycles
System (JASC): 2120 · Air Distribution System
Part: Unknown
Condition: Odor
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

ELECTRICAL FUME SMELL AFTER TAKEOFF, ENTIRE AIRPLANE. DIVERT, PLANE CHG FROM 426 TO 462 RAN APU & BOTH ENGS TRYING TO ISOLATE CAUSE OF ODOR. DETERMINED TO BE OIL WHILE APU BLEED IS ON. CREW CONCURRED WITH OIL SMELL TO BE WHAT THEY SMELLED. NO ACTIVE EXTERNAL APU LEAKS NOTED. APU ELECTRICS MAY BE USED, NOT PNEUMATICS. ACCOMPLISHED FIM TASK 49-55-00-810-802, NO DEFECTS NOTED RAN APU FOR AN HOUR, NO SMELL NOTED IN CABIN OR VISUAL INDICATION OF SMOKE IN CABIN. ACFT OK TO CONTINUE, PLACARD REMOVED.