Service difficulty report · None Aircraft · Airbus A319131

Difficulty date
September 25, 2025
Submitted
September 26, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N821UA
Make and model
Airbus A319131
Aircraft serial
944
Aircraft time
81,196 hours, 35,498 cycles
Part
None Aircraft
Condition
Odor
Location
Jetbridge
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

FLIGHT CREW REPORTS ELECTRICAL SMELL IN THE AREA WHERE BUISNESS MEETS ECONOMY. UPON ARRIVAL MX NOTICED A FAINT ELECTRICAL SMELL NEAR ROW 8. SMELL WAS NOT CONSITANT AND WAS ONLY ABLE TO PICK IT UP ONCE ON MULTIPLE PASSES THROUGH THE AREA OF ROW 8. ADVISED TSM 05-50-00-810-831-A, CYCLED BETWEEN PC AIR AND AC PACKS TWICE & NOTICED THAT THE SMELL WAS ONLY PRESENT WHEN THE PC AIR WAS ON. CAPT AGREED THAT HE COULD NO LONGER SMELL THE SCENT WITH THE PACKS RUNNING BUT COULD SMELL IT AGAIN WHEN MX SWITCHED PACKS OFF AND PC AIR BACK ON. PERFORMED TSM 05-50-00-810-831-A, DETERMINED THAT THE ELECTRICAL SMELL IS COMING FROM THE PC AIR ON THE JETBRIDGE.

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