Service difficulty report · Odor · Dhav DHC8202

Difficulty date
September 20, 2005
Submitted
September 21, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N350PH
Make and model
Dhav DHC8202
Aircraft serial
488
Aircraft time
18,756 hours, 27,015 cycles
Part
Odor
Condition
Detected
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
CL
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

PDX FLIGHT NR 2082, AFTER TAKEOFF AND TURNING ON BLEEDS, AIR SMELLED LIKE OLD GYM SOCKS. ALSO, ON DESCENT WITH LOW POWER SETTINGS, SAME SMELL ALL THE WAY TO THE GATE. MINOR ODOR IN CRUISE. MAINTENANCE RAN BOTH ENGINES AT START/FEATHER AND MIN, TURNED ON ENGINE BLEEDS NE AT A TIME. NO SMELLS FOUND COMING FROM AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM. NO PARTS REPLACED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.