Service difficulty report · Odor · Airbus A319112

Difficulty date
February 9, 2004
Submitted
April 29, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N711UW
Make and model
Airbus A319112
Aircraft serial
1033
Part
Odor
Condition
Detected
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
AP
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

SJU - FLT 1266 - EN ROUTE PHL-SJU - DURNIG APPROACH, A BURNING ODOR WAS DETECTED IN BOTH THE CABIN AND COCKPIT. NO SMOKE WAS OBSERVED. THE AUTOPILOT DISCONNECTED AND THE GPS WAS LOST. FROM 7,000 FEET UNTIL TOUCHDOWN, NOTICED THE ODOR IN THE COCKPIT. THE FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED THE AVIONICS VENTILATION TEST. A TEST OF THE ADIRU SYSTEMS, CPC 1 AND 2 TESTS, AND A CAT 3 TEST. NO FAULTS WERE FOUND DURNG ANY OF THE TESTING. (M)

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