Service difficulty report · Unknown · Airbus A320214

Difficulty date
August 1, 2011
Submitted
August 30, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N112US
Make and model
Airbus A320214
Aircraft serial
1134
Aircraft time
32,246 hours, 19,212 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
CR
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

AT CRUISE (FL350) PASSENGERS & FLIGHT ATTENDANTS REPORTED AN ACRID, BURNING, SULPHURIC ODOR IN CABIN FROM ROW 11 TO AFT OF AIRCRAFT, WHICH DISSIPATED AS POWER WAS REDUCED ON DESCENT. FLIGHT DIVERTED TO MEM. SUP TO BE ISSUED UPON COMPLETION OF TROUBLESHOOTING AND FINDINGS. MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOT AIRCRAFT ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WITH NO FAULT FOUND. ISOLATED ENGINES AND PACKS - NO ODOR NOTED ON 10-HOUR GROUND RUN. UNABLE TO DUPLICATE ODOR AND NO SUBSEQUENT ISSUES TO DATE (30 DAYS LATER).

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