# SDR FDEA202609081282

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: September 8, 2026
- Submitted: September 11, 2026
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N104FE](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N104FE), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 767-300
- Registry model: [Boeing 767-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 42708
- Aircraft time: 25,371 hours, 10,256 cycles
- System (JASC): [2120 · Air Distribution System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/2120)
- Part: Unknown
- Condition: Odor
- Stage of operation: CR
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: B
- Precautionary procedure: A, G
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/FDEA202609081282

## Discrepancy

MDIS  104     05-50  4531     07SEP26 22:51 DAD  OPEN  CREW REPORTED "FUME EVENT. DURING FLIGHT WE NOTICED  A CHEMICAL TYPE OF SMELL CLOSE TO THE CARGO DOOR  WHILE IT WAS CLOSED. INITIALLY WE DID NOT NOTICE IT  FROM THE COCKPIT SEATS. WE DONNED THE OXYGEN MASKS  AND DIVERTED TO VVDN. THERE WERE NO CAUTION LIGHTS.  THE FUMES/ODOR WERE NOT SEEN VISUALLY, THEY WERE  ONLY SMELLED."  CREW HAVE TRIED TO SUBMIT THE FUME WRITE UP  IN WRENCH BUT IT`S PAST THE ALLOWABLE TIME TO DO  THAT.   PERFORMED GENERAL INSPECTION OF MAIN DECK CARGO                        COMPARMENT, LOWER FORWARD CARGO COMPARTMENT, AFT                      CARGO COMPARTMENT, E/E COMPARTMENT, ENGINE AREA,                       APU AREA. NO ABNORMAL FOUND. PERFORMED AIR                             CONDITIONING SYSTEM OIL SMOKE/FUME CONTAMINATION                       REMOVAL PER AMM 21-00-21-2. NO ABNORMAL NOTED.                         PERFORMED OIL INSPECTION/CHECK PER AMM 79-00-00-6                      FOUND NORMAL. PERFORMED BOTH ENGINES RUN HIGH POWER                    AT 64% N1. DURING THE HIGH-POWER ENGINE RUN, THE                       LEFT AND RIGHT PNEUMATIC SYSTEMS WERE OPERATED  INDIVIDUALLY, WITH ONLY ONE PNEUMATIC SOURCE  SELECTED AT A TIME, WHILE APU BLEED SOURCE SELECTED  OFF. ALSO ISOLATED L& R AIR CONDITIONING PACK  SYSTEMS. NO ODOR OR ABNORMAL SMELL NOTED DURING RUN  UP. ENGINES PARAMETERS WERE NORMAL. ORIG SUB DATE: 09-08-2026

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