Service difficulty report · Unknown · Boeing 777232

Difficulty date
August 28, 2018
Submitted
August 30, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N863DA
Make and model
Boeing 777232
Aircraft serial
29735
Aircraft time
79,790 hours, 9,526 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

UNIDENTIFIABLE ODOR OCCURRED THROUGH ENTIRE DESCENT, UNTIL LANDING. HORRIBLY STRONG ODOR. STRONG OIL, ORGANIC, MUSTY ODOR. FOLLOWED AMM 21-00-01-100-801, STEPS 15 TO 19, STEP 15 LT & RT ENGINE RUNNING, BOTH PACKS OFF & ON, NO OIL CONTAMINATION FROM LEFT & RIGHT, GROUND CONDITIONED AIR CONNECTOR, PERFORMED HIGH POWER RUN OF THE ENGINES, NO ODOR OF OIL NOTED. VISUALLY INSPECTED OZONE CONVERTERS AND RECIRCULATION FAN FILTERS, NO OIL CONTAMINATION. INSPECTED APU COMPARTMENT, NO EXTERNAL LEAK NOTED, OIL WAS FULL. REMOVED GROUND PNEUMATIC AIR CONNECTOR CHECK VALVE AND APU BLEED ON, NO CONTAMINATED OIL OR ODOR. INSPECTED BLEED DUCT, DOWN STREAM OF APU, NO OIL CONTAMINATED. OK FOR SERVICE.