Service difficulty report · Unknown · Boeing 757224

Difficulty date
July 10, 2017
Submitted
July 10, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N14121
Make and model
Boeing 757224
Aircraft serial
27563
Aircraft time
76,551 hours, 19,018 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
DE
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

FLIGHT ATTENDANTS REPORTED A BAD ODOR DURING DESCENT. HEAVY FUMES AFFECTING PAX AND CREW. TROUBLESHOT IAW FIM 71-05-00-815-828-R00. BORESCOPED THE NR 1 ENGINE, FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF OIL. RAN THE NR 1 & 2 ENGINES AT DIFFERENT POWER SETTINGS WITH BLEEDS OF EACH ENGINE PROVIDING BLEED TO EACH PACK ONE AT A TIME. VERIFIED LEFT BLEED HAD NO ODOR. BUT RIGHT BLEED HAD A DIRTY SOCK ODOR WITH EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT PACKS RUNNING. ACCOMPLISHED BOROSCOPE INSPECTION OF NR 1 AND 2 ENGINE COMPRESSOR SECTIONS, NO EVIDENCE OF OIL FOUND. IAW FIM 71-05-00-815-828-R00.