Service difficulty report · A/C Pack · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
January 11, 2018
Submitted
January 12, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N608NK
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
4902
Aircraft time
24,551 hours, 11,219 cycles
Part
A/C Pack
Condition
Odor
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
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

FLIGHT ATTENDANTS REPORTED AN ODOR. NO ODOR IN COCKPIT UNTIL ENGINE SHUTDOWN & STRONG OIL ODOR. CHECKLIST ACCOMPLISHED . TROUBLESHOT IAW TSM 05-50-00-810-831-A, PERFORMED A WALKAROUND AND INSPECTED ENGINES FOR SIGNS OF OIL LEAKAGE. NO LEAKAGE FOUND. INSPECTED APU, NO LEAKS FOUND. RAN APU AND BOTH PACKS NO ODOR NOTED. SHE HAD BROUGHT ON BOARD A/C PACK WAS THE SOURCE OF THE ODOR. MX VERIFIED THE ODOR AND CONCLUDED THAT IT WAS ALSO THE SOURCE OF THE NOTED PROPANE ODOR. ACFT OK FOR CONTINUED OPERATIONS.

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