Service difficulty report · None · Cndair CL6002C10

Difficulty date
August 9, 2022
Submitted
September 8, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N612QX
Make and model
Cndair CL6002C10
Aircraft serial
10042
Aircraft time
41,138 hours, 31,173 cycles
Part
None
Condition
Odor
Stage of operation
UK
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

TRANSIENT BRIEF ACRID ODOR SIMILAR TO BURNT RUBBER SMELT BY PASSENGERS IN ROW 6-8. ALL CABIN LIGHTS SELECTED OFF AT TIME OF ODOR. OVERHEAD BINS WERE OPENED AND NO SOURCE OF LION BATTERY RUNAWAY WAS DETECTED. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION OF OVERHEADS BY CREW IN ROW 6-8 DOES NOT SHOW ANY SCORCH/BURN DAMAGE. ONCE SMELL WENT AWAY IT DID NOT RETURN. NO EICAS MESSAGES ASSOCIATED WITH SMOKE/FUMES IN FLIGHT DECK. NO FUMES/SMOKE VISIBLE IN CABIN (FLIGHT #3229 FILED CLOSED) INSPECTED THE PAX COMPARTMENT FROM ROW 6 TO ROW 8 AND DETECTED NO FOUL OR ACRID ODOR. DID FIND NAPKINS STUFFED IN THE SIDEWALL LIGHT ASSY NEXT TO THE LIGHT THAT IS MOST LIKELY THE CAUSE OF THE SMELL.. CHECKED ALL BALLASTS FROM ROW 6 TO ROW 8 AND FOUND NO BURNING OR DISCOLORED AREAS. REMOVED NAPKINS AS NEEDED. OK FOR CONTINUED SERVICE.