Service difficulty report · Engine · Airbus A330243

Difficulty date
January 9, 2013
Submitted
January 14, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N281AY
Make and model
Airbus A330243
Aircraft serial
1041
Aircraft time
14,752 hours, 1,973 cycles
Engine
Rroyce RB211TRENT77
Engine time
14,752 hours, 1,973 cycles
Part
Engine
Part number
TRENT772B6016QEC
Part serial
41659
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Nr 1
Part time
14,752 hours, 1,973 cycles
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

FLIGHT 796, PHL-TLV - SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE THE FLIGHT CREW WAS ADVISED OF AN ODOR IN THE CABIN WHICH RESEMBLED A "HOT, ELECTRICAL" SMELL. THE ODOR DID NOT DISSIPATE, SO THE FLIGHT CREW CHOSE TO RETURN TO PHL AS A PRECAUTION. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE NR 1 ENGINE. INSPECTED THE LEFT HAND PACK AND REPLACED THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY HEAT EXCHANGERS, ACM, AND PLENUM CHAMBER DUE TO CONTAMINATION.

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