# SDR CALA2026042115544

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: April 18, 2026
- Submitted: April 21, 2026
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N28987](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N28987), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 787-9
- Registry model: [Boeing 787-9](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-787-9) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 66146
- Aircraft time: 25,372 hours, 2,458 cycles
- Engine: Ge
- System (JASC): [7200 · Engine (Turbine/Turboprop)](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/7200)
- Part: Engine
- Condition: No Discrepancy
- Location: Left
- Stage of operation: NR
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: E, B
- Precautionary procedure: O
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA2026042115544

## Discrepancy

ACFT STRCK BY LIGHTNING ON LT ENGINE. BURNED ODOR FOR 3 MIN AFT ER. DEBRIEFED CREW AND THEY STATED , NR 1 ENGINE VIBE SPIKED DURING FLIGHT LEVEL CHANGED AT THAT MOMENT THEN BACK TO NORMAL . LEG 0 MX MESSAGE FOUND 77-11611 NOT ACTIVE AT THIS TIME .  WALKED AROUND ENGINE COULD NOT FIND ANY VISIBLE DAMAGE . PERFORMED LIGHTING STRIKE INSPECTION IAW AMM 05-51-19. NO DEFECTS NOTED.  CAPT INFORMS THAT ODOR ONLY NO SMOKE LASTED 3 MINS PRIMARILY IN COCKPIT ONLY. ODOR DESCRIBED AS OZONE, ACRID LIKE BURNING PAPER. THE ODOR APPEARED CONINCIDING WITH LIGHTNING STRIKE.  SECOND FLYING PILOT REPORTED ODOR AS A POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL BURNING . ODOR DISAPPATED AFTER 3 MINS. OPENED & CLOSED FAN COWL AND THRUST REVERSER IAW AMM 78-31-00. NO LIGHTING STRIKE DAMAGED NOTED. OPENED & CLOSED NR 1 FAN COWL & THRUST REVERSER IAW AMM 78-31-00. NO LIGHTING STRIKE DAMAGED NOTED. WHILE RUNNING ENGINES FOR  VIBRATION CHK RAN BOTH PACKS, NO ODOR FOUND. PERFORMED ENGINE LOW VIBRATION INSP. PRIOR, DURING OR AFTER ENGINE RUN NO ACTIVE MESSAGES FOR ENGINE 1 VIBRATION. OPS CHECK GOOD. REF AMM 71-00-00 26A-280A WHILE RUNNING ENGINES FOR VIB CK RAN BOTH PKS NO SMELLS FOUND, DISCUSS WITH TOMC REF AMM DMC-B787-A-05-51-99-99A-282A-A.

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