Service difficulty report · Unknown · Airbus A320211

Difficulty date
April 1, 2017
Submitted
April 4, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N320US
Make and model
Airbus A320211
Aircraft serial
213
Aircraft time
77,889 hours, 35,156 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

AT 3000 FT, NOTICED AN ODOR SIMILAR TO DE-ICE. ODOR WENT AWAY WITHIN COUPLE MINUTES. DURING DESCENT, PBI ODOR CAME BACK ABOUT 5000 FT BUT STRONGER AND MORE OF AN OIL ODOR, FLIGHT ATTENDANT CALLED AT 4000 FT, CONCERNED ABOUT THE ODOR PRONOUNCED THRU OUT CABIN WITH PAX VOICING CONCERNS. FLT ATT SENSED THE OIL ODOR WITH EITHER HOT OR BURNING ODOR. REPLACED LT & RT FILTERS RAN APU FOR SEVERAL HOURS WITH NO FURTHER FUMES OR BURNING ODOR NOTICED.

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