SDR SA06034

Service difficulty report · Fan · Airbus A321211

Difficulty date
May 5, 2006
Submitted
May 8, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N161UW
Make and model
Airbus A321211
Aircraft serial
1403
Part
Fan
Condition
Odor
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
AP
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

MCO FLT 656 EN ROUTE DCA TO MCO, FLIGHT WAS INBOUND TO MCO, AT 3,000 FT, WHEN THE CABIN CREW REPORTED SMOKE IN THE CABIN. THE FLT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE GATE, A STRONG SULFUR ODOR WAS NOTED, ALONG WITH A POPPED RIGHT HAND, CABIN RECIRCULATION FAN CIRCUIT BREAKER. OPERATIONS ALSO NOTED THAT THERE WERE MULTIPLE BRUSH FIRES IN THE AREAS SURROUNDING THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE AIRPORT. MAINTENANCE PLACED THE RIGHT HAND, CABIN RECIRCULATION FAN ON MEL.

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