Service difficulty report · Window Sealer · Bag JETSTM3201

Difficulty date
October 23, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N966AE
Make and model
Bag JETSTM3201
Aircraft serial
966
Part
Window Sealer
Condition
Odor
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CR
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

THE CAPTAIN AND THE FIRST OFFICER REPORTED, SMELLING A SLIGHT ODOR OF ELECTRICAL SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. THEY STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE THE SOURCE AND IT WAS NOT A STRONG ODOR, BUT THE ODOR DID COME AND GO. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE COCKPIT AND NOSE BAY AREA AND COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS OR SMELL. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMINED WITH THE FLIGHT CREWS CONCURRENCE THAT THE SMELL WAS PRC SEALANT, THAT WAS USED TO RESENTLY INSTALL A NEW COCKPIT SIDE WINDOW. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED WITH NO FURTHER PROBLEMS.