Service difficulty report · Unknown · Boeing 737401

Difficulty date
October 14, 2008
Submitted
October 15, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N418US
Make and model
Boeing 737401
Aircraft serial
23985
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
DE
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

ON DESCENT, AT APPROXIMATELY 15,000 FT, CREW NOTICED A STRONG ODOR IN THE COCKPIT. SMELLED LIKE SOMETHING OVERHEATED OR WAS BURNING. CABIN CREW VERIFIED ODOR BUT DID NOT NOTICE ANY SMOKE. GALLEY OVENS AND COFFEEMAKERS WERE NOT IN USE AND NO CIRCUIT BREAKERS WERE POPPED. ODOR BECAME STRONGER AND LASTED APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. FLIGHT LANDED AT RSW WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT AND TAXIED TO THE GATE. ODOR DISSIPATED ONCE AIRCRAFT ARRIVED. MAINTENANCE ACCOMPLISHED MM TASK 21-00-01, PAGE 1, FAULT ISOLATION. INSPECTED FORWARD AND MID E & E COMPARTMENTS, BOTH CARGO BAYS, CABIN, COCKPIT, GALLEYS, PACK BAYS, WHEEL WELLS, LAVATORIES AND ENGINES. NO ODORS NOTED.