Service difficulty report · Unknown · Airbus A320251N

Difficulty date
June 24, 2019
Submitted
June 26, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N344FR
Make and model
Airbus A320251N
Aircraft serial
8639
Aircraft time
1,948 hours, 840 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

FLIGHT ATTENDANT IN AFT GALLEY REPORTED DIRTY SOCK SMELL AS AIRCRAFT PULLED INTO GATE. APU WAS RUNNING, APU BLEED OFF, ENG #1 WAS RUNNING, ENG #2 SHUTDOWN. APU HAD ONLY BEEN RUNNING ABOUT 4 MINUTES. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED DUE TO DISCREPANCY. MX PERFORMED OPS RUN OF ENGINE #1 AND #2 AT GATE WITH PACKS ON/OFF. COULD NOT CLEARLY IDENTIFY ANY TYPE OF ODOR, PER EA # A0-21T-34386. PERFORMED TROUBLESHOOTING PER TSM 05-50-00-810-831-A, POSSIBLE SOURCE IDENTIFIED AS TYPE 9, MISCELLANEOUS, NO ABNORMAL SMELLS IDENTIFIED. OK TO CONTINUE.

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