Service difficulty report · Unknown · Airbus A320212

Difficulty date
October 10, 2009
Submitted
October 13, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N348NW
Make and model
Airbus A320212
Aircraft serial
410
Aircraft time
51,142 hours, 22,737 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
H

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What was found

AIRCRAFT HAS INTOLERABLE ODOR COMING OUT OF AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM. ODOR IS SO TOXIC SMELLING IT IS UNBEARABLE ON THE GROUND WITH APU AND PACKS ON AND EXTREMELY STRONG AT LOW ALTITUDE, SHUT OFF APU BLEED AND LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. NO FLUIDS FOUND IN APU AND PACK INLETS, DID APU AND ENGINE RUN PACK BURN OUT AND NO ODOR NOTED.

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