Service difficulty report · Unknown · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
March 30, 2015
Submitted
March 31, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N508AY
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
3740
Aircraft time
23,509 hours, 7,880 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
UK
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

CAPTAIN REPORTED A SMELL WHEN THEY STARTED THE APU. FLIGHT ATTENDANT SAID IT WAS THE DIRTY SOCK SMELL. THE CAPTAIN SAID IT WAS MORE OF A CHEMICAL SMELL. CABIN CREW REPORTED HEADACHE SYMPTOMS. ACCOMPLISHED THE CABIN AIR QUALITY TROUBLESHOOTING TASK CARD 26L0021001, NO ODOR OR SMELL WAS OBSERVED IN THE CABIN & NO HISTORY OF SIMILAR EVENTS IN THE PREVIOUS 90 DAYS.

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