Service difficulty report · Unknown · Boeing 757236

Difficulty date
February 19, 2019
Submitted
February 20, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N952FD
Make and model
Boeing 757236
Aircraft serial
28666
Aircraft time
32,438 hours, 22,508 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CR
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

AT FL 340, AIRCREW SMELLED A STRONG PUNGENT ODOR COMING FROM VENTS. IT WAS STRONG BUT NOT QUITE STRONG ENOUGH TO GO ON OXYGEN. RAN PACKS FOR 30 MINUTES AT MAX HEAT. NO UNUSUAL ODORS NOTED THROUGHOUT MAIN CARGO COMPARTMENT AND IN FLIGHT DECK. RAN BOTH ENG AT MAX STATIC EPR PER JRH & FIM 21-00-01-3 AND 71-00-00-5-3, SUPPLYING PACKS WITH ENG AIR FOR 10 MINUTES, NO SMELL FROM EITHER PACK 1 OR 2. INSPECTED PACK BAYS FOR LEAKS NON FOUND. NO ENG FLUID LEAKS NOTED. UNABLE TO RECREATE ODOR. REF FIM IF THERE IS NO SMOKE OR FUMES AND IF THE PROBLEM DOES NOT OCCUR ON THE SUBSEQUENT FLIGHT, THEN THERE WAS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. FIM 21-00-01-3 P8.