Service difficulty report · Duct · Airbus A319132

Difficulty date
August 25, 2017
Submitted
August 30, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N503NK
Make and model
Airbus A319132
Aircraft serial
2470
Aircraft time
45,228 hours, 21,428 cycles
Part
Duct
Condition
Odor
Stage of operation
DE
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

DESCENDING THROUGH 12,000 FEET, ON APPROACH. A DIRTY SOCK ODOR WAS INTENSE. TURNED THE NR 1 PACK OFF AND HAD NO EFFECT ON THE ODOR. TURNED THE NR 2 PACK OFF, IT ALSO HAD NO EFFECT ON THE ODOR. DURING VISUAL INSPECTIONS IAW TSM 05-50-00-810-831-A, FOUND HAT IN THE PACK 2 RAM AIR INLET / INLET BYPASS DUCT. REMOVED HAT AND INSPECTED PACK 2 RAM AIR INLET / INLET BYPASS DUCT IAW AMM 21-58-61-000-802-A / 400-802-A AND FOUND TO BE GOOD AT THIS TIME. RAN ENGINE 1 AND ENGINE 2 ISOLATING PACK 1 AND PACK 2 ON ENGINE BLEED 1 AND ENGINE BLEED 2. CABIN ODORS ISOLATED...

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