Service difficulty report · Unknown · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
September 15, 2017
Submitted
September 18, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N635JB
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
2725
Aircraft time
46,995 hours, 16,390 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cabin & Cockpit
Stage of operation
TX
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

RETURNED TO GATE. AFTER ENGINE START, A STRONG ODOR OF FUEL IN AFT CABIN, WORSE WITH TIME. REPOSITIONED THE ACFT INTO WIND TO TROUBLESHOOT. CABIN REPORTED ODOR AFTER ENGINE START, IN AFT & MID CABIN. ODOR WORSE OVER THE NEXT 10 MINUTES. RETURNED TO GATE. ODOR WAS LATER DESCRIBED AS MUSTY. AFTER ENGINE SHUTDOWN AT GATE, APU BLEED APPLIED, AFTER 60 SECONDS AND EXPERIENCED A STRONG DIRTY SOCK ODOR. APU APPLIED SECOND & THIRD TIME. ODOR FINALLY DISSAPATED. PERFORMED SUCCESSFULL APU BLEED SYS FUNCTIONAL CHECK IAW 36-12-00. PERFORMED SUCCESSFULL OPERATIONAL CHECK OF THE NR 1 & 2 PACKS IAW 21-52-00, & 21-61-00.

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