Service difficulty report · Unknown · Emb ERJ170200LR

Difficulty date
December 2, 2019
Submitted
December 2, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N204SY
Make and model
Emb ERJ170200LR
Aircraft serial
17000626
Aircraft time
8,606 hours, 4,763 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
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 CABIN EXPERIENCED A FUME EVENT. THE SMELL WAS OIL BASED AND STRONG. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS WERE EXPERIENCING BURNING EYES AND DISCOMFORT. THE FIRST OFFICER ALSO COMPLAINED OF DISCOMFORT IN THE EYES. ONE FLIGHT ATTENDANT COMPLAINED OF A HEADACHE. I INSTRUCTED THE COCKPIT CREW TO DON OXYGEN. / DECLARED AND EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO YYC. EMS PERSONNEL BOARDED THE AIRPLANE AND CONFIRMED FUMES IN THE CABIN BUT NO VISIBLE HAZE OR SMOKE. / WE FIRST SUSPECTED GLYCOL BUT THE NATURE OF THE SMELL WAS MORE OIL BASED. WE ATTEMPTED TO ALLOW THE SMELL TO DISSIPATE AFTER TAKEOFF BUT THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT INDICATED IT WAS NOT IMPROVING. UPON LANDING THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS AND BOTH PILOTS NOTICED THE SMELL INCREASED. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS INDICATED THE SMELL WAS CONSISTENT WITH NAIL POLISH. FLIGHT 5877 CLOSEDAFTER PERFORMING ENGINE RUNS AND RAN THEM AT DIFFERENT POWER SETTING AND CHECKED THEM FROM DIFFERENT BLEED SOURCES. THERE WERE NO EVIDENTS OF ANY ODOR COMING FROM THE ENGINES, THEY RAN NORMAL, NO FAULT NOTED AT THIS TIME.

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