Service difficulty report · Smoke · Boeing 737832

Difficulty date
November 25, 2001
Submitted
November 29, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N379DA
Make and model
Boeing 737832
Aircraft serial
30349
Aircraft time
6,982 hours, 3,339 cycles
Part
Smoke
Part serial
005393
Condition
Detected
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

SMOKE ENTERED COCKPIT WHEN PACKS SELECTED. NO SMOKE NOTED IN CABIN. APU PRESS WEAK IN SLC, JUST ENOUGH TO START ENGINES. SMOKE HAD ODD ODOR (SWEET). DE-ICED IN SLC. OPERATED RT/LT PACKS WITH APU. NO SMOKE OR ODOR NOTED. ALL PACK INDICATIONS CHECK OK.