SDR DL757011507

Service difficulty report · Odor · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date: September 7, 2001
Submitted: September 21, 2001
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N661DN
Make and model: Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial: 24972
Aircraft time: 37,801 hours, 18,384 cycles
System (JASC): 2120 · Air Distribution System
Part: Odor
Condition: Detected
Location: Cabin
Stage of operation: CR
How discovered: O
Nature of condition: B
Precautionary procedure: H

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

What was found

ABOUT 3 HRS INTO FLT THE PASSENGERS AND FLT ATTENDANTS REPORTED AN ODOR IN THE AFT CABIN. ODOR STRONGEST AROUND ROWS 30 AND 31. SHUT OFF THE UTILITY BUSES AND RT RECIRC FAN AND CREW REPORTED THE ODOR BEGAN TO DISSIPATE. ODOR WAS REPORTED AS SMELLING LIKE A PLASTIC SMELL. NEVER SMELLED ODOR FROM OR IN THE COCKPIT. POWERED UTILITY BUSES. TURNED ALL CABIN LIGHTS ON, RAN RECIRC FANS FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. NO ODOR AND NO HISTORY.