Service difficulty report · Fan · Airbus A319132

Difficulty date
November 6, 2013
Submitted
November 7, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N829AW
Make and model
Airbus A319132
Aircraft serial
1563
Aircraft time
41,686 hours, 17,002 cycles
Part
Fan
Part number
VD390900
Part serial
01050797
Condition
Failed
Location
Recirc
Part time
37,230 hours, 15,188 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING CRUISE, CREW REPORTED AN ACRID "MEDICINE" ODOR FROM ROW 8. ODOR DISSAPATED WITHIN FIVE MINUTES. NO ODOR IN COCKPIT. ODOR HAPPENED AGAIN ON DESCENT, ONLY STRONGER THAN BEFORE. MAINTENANCE ACCOMPLISHED JC 26L0021001. TROUBLESHOT CABIN AIR QUALITY. FOUND RECIRCULATION FAN RUNNING LOUD AND ROUGH. REPLACED RECIRCULATION FAN IAW 21-21-51-401-000.

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