Service difficulty report · Unknown · Boeing 7379

Difficulty date
August 15, 2025
Submitted
August 15, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N37562
Make and model
Boeing 7379
Aircraft serial
67591
Aircraft time
7,872 hours, 2,660 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
NR
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

HOT PLASTIC ODOR NOTED THROUGHOUT ACFT. OVENS CHECKED AND NOT THE SOURCE. DEBRIEFED CREW, & FLIGHT ATTENDANTS, REPORTED ODOR STARTING AROUND ROW 35 , EMINATING FROM UPPER CABIN AND MOVING FORWARD UNTIL FLT CREW SMELLED IT. REPORTED ODOR WAS MORE OF A PLASTIC SMELL VERSUS ELECTRICAL INSULATION. PAX DEPLANED & NO EVIDENCE OF ODOR BY MAINTENCE. TROUBLESHOT IAW FIM TASK21-00 TASK 830. SOURCE UNKNOWN, FOUND NO FUME NOR BURNT PLASTIC SMELL. FLT CREW REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED BEHIND ANOTHER AIRCRAFT RUNNING. SUSPECTED INTERMITTENT FAULT IAW FIM. R & R BOTH CABIN AIR RECIRCULATION FILTERS IAW MM 21-25-01/401.

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