Service difficulty report · Unknown · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
November 4, 2015
Submitted
November 9, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N636NK
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
6424
Aircraft time
3,278 hours, 1,486 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AT CRUISE ALTITUDE, F/A'S REPORT STRONG ODOR SIMILAR TO FUEL EMINATING NEAR EXIT ROWS. CYCLING PACKS IAW COM PROCEDURE AS WELL AS FUEL LEAK PROCEDURE DID NOT CLEAR ODOR. F/A'S REPORT ODOR WORSENING, MOVING AFT AS DECENT, LANDING MADE. ON THE GROUND FLIGHT WALK THROUGH CABIN, CA & F/O WE NOTICED LINGERING ODOR SIMILAR TO FUEL. NOTE WE DID NOT SMELL ANY ABNORMAL ODOR IN FLIGHT DECK WHILE IN FLIGHT. PERFORMED TSM 28-00-00-810-801A. NO FUEL LEAKS FOUND BELOW CABIN FLOOR, 241HF, 242HF, VISUAL INSPECTION OK. NO FUEL LEAKS NOTED ON INSULATION, FRAME OR BLANKETS IAW TSM. REPLACED LT & RT RECIRCULATION FILTERS IAW AMM 21-21-41. INSPECTED CARGO COMPARTMENT, FUSELAGE AND APU. NO INDICATION OF FUEL LEAK NOTED AT THIS TIME. RUN ENGINES FOR MORE THAN 40 MIN. NO ODOR NOTED, REF AMM 71-00-00. FUEL FLOW SAME ON BOTH ENGINES.

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