Service difficulty report · Unknown · Airbus A319132

Difficulty date
June 20, 2017
Submitted
June 22, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N504NK
Make and model
Airbus A319132
Aircraft serial
2473
Aircraft time
44,070 hours, 21,025 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 AROUND 8000FT DURING DESCENT, NOTICED AN ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR. NO VISIBLE SMOKE. AROUND 3000FT THE ODOR BECAME STRONGER. ONCE ON THE GROUND, SHUTDOWN THE NR 2 ENGINE, ODOR WAS STILL NOTICED WITH LESS INTENSITY. THE ODOR DISSIPATED WITH BOTH ENGINES SHUTDOWN. RETRIVED PFR, NO FAULTS RECORDED ON MX STATUS PAGE. BOTH ECAMS SHOW NO FAULTS. PERFORMED GENERAL INSPECTION OF BOTH ENGINES, ALONG WITH APU BAY, NO DEFECTS NOTED. PERFORMED SINGLE NR 1 ENGINE RUN, ALL PARMETERS NORMAL. NO ODORS NOTED. PERFORMED DUEL ENGINE RUN, ALL INDICATIONS NORMAL, NO ODOR. PERFORMED GVI OF WIRING BEHIND 121VU, 122VU, AND 49VU FOR SIGNS OF ARCING AND DAMAGED WIRES. NO DEFECTS NOTED. INSPECTED SHIP BATTERIES FOR GENERAL CONDITION. NO DEFECTS NOTED. INSPECTED WINDOW HEAT ELEMENTS FOR ARCING AND SIGNS OF DEFECTS AND OPS CHECK OF WHC 1&2, NO DEFECTS. OPS TESTED AEVC, CHECKED OK. AFS TESTED OK. INSPECTED THE FWD LAVATORY WATER, CHECKED OK ACFT OK FOR CONTINUED SERVICE. ALL WORK DONE IAW AMM 71-00-00, 49-00-00, AMM 71-00-00, ESPM 20-10-00, 24-38-00, AMM 22-96-00-710-001-A, AMM 30-42-34, AMM 38-12-16, AND AMM 21-26-00.

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