Service difficulty report · Unknown · Airbus A320233

Difficulty date
December 11, 2014
Submitted
December 15, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N490TA
Make and model
Airbus A320233
Aircraft serial
2282
Engine
Iae V2527EA5
Part
Unknown
Condition
Smoke
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
CL
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

AFTER TAKEOFF, THE PILOT REPORTED SMOKE IN PAX CABIN SO THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO AIRPORT. AFTER LANDING, THE PILOT REPORTED OVERWEIGHT LANDING 66.6 TONS. IAW TSM 05-50-00-810-831-A & CABIN ODOR OR SMOKE COS REPORTING SHEET, IT WAS FOUND BOTH A/C PACKS AS THE PROBABLE CAUSE. PERFORMED INSPECTION FOR OIL LEAK IN THE A/C SYS IAW TSM 21-00-00-810-801-A WITH NO LEAKS DETECTED. IN ADDITION, INSPECTION FOR ELEC BURNING SMELL OR FUMES FOUND IN CABIN, COCKPIT, CARGO OR AVIONICS COMPARTMENT WAS PERFORMED WITH NO DISCREPANCIES FOUND. WITH RESPECT TO OVERWEIGHT LANDING & IAW AMM 05-51-11-200-004B THE DFDR DATA WAS READOUT & ANALYZED & FOUND NOT OVERWEIGHT LANDING EXCEEDANCE. GW 66.000 KGS & VRTA 1.334. INSPECTIONS WERE ACCOMPLISHED & THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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