Service difficulty report · Filter · Airbus A330243

Difficulty date
July 3, 2010
Submitted
July 6, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N284AY
Make and model
Airbus A330243
Aircraft serial
1095
Part
Filter
Condition
Fouled
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

PHL - FLT 1024 EN ROUTE SJU TO PHL. FOUL ODOR OCCURRED AT CRUISE FOR SEVERAL MINUTES, THEN DISSIPATED. SMELLED MUSTY LIKE THE PACKS. THE ODOR WAS CONCENTRATED IN THE COCKPIT, FORWARD LEFT CABIN, AND AFT GALLEY AREAS. THE ODOR OCCURRED AGAIN ON APPROACH AT 8000 FEET DURING THROTTLE BACK, BUT WAS WEAKER THAN BEFORE. THE FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. PERFORMED TSM TASK FOR APU. NO LEAKS NOTED. ACCOMPLISHED REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF RECIRCULATION FILTER. NO ODORS NOTED. SUBSEQUENT INFO: PERFORMED BORESCOPES OF THE LEFT AND RIGHT ENGINE IP COMPRESSOR CASE TO INSPECT FOR OIL. NO EVIDENCE OF OIL WAS FOUND. ADDITIONALLY, REPLACED THE RIGHT PACK WATER EXTRACTOR, AND LEFT AND RIGHT HEPA FILTERS, AND INSPECTED THE APU AIR DUCTS AND ENGINE START DUCTS. ALL CHECKS WERE FOUND OK.

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