Category: Flight Incidents

FAA SDR: DALA fumes or odor report on 2025-07-23

SHIP 3161 – ATB/FUM – CREW ALERTED BY FAS OF FUMES IN AFT CABIN. RETURNED TO MCO. FOUND OIL RESIDUE IN APU INLET AND PLENUM MATING SURFACE. APU TO BE PLACED ON MEL FOR CLEANING. FOUND TRACE EVIDENCE OF OIL IN LT ACM. REPLACED ACM. DUE TO REPEAT EVENT, ECS LEVEL “C” DECONTAMINATION REQUIRED. REPLACED ACM, AND OZONE FILTERS. (LP 6997726)

FAA SDR: N777ZA smoke report on 2025-07-23

UNKNOWN INTERNAL ENGINE COMPONENT CAUSING BURNING OF OIL AFTER ENGINE OVERHAUL AND REPLACEMENT OF ALL 4 TURBINE WHEELS. FIRST OCCURRENCE RECORDED AFTER SMOKE WAS OBSERVED COMING FROM THE EXHAUST WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT IDLE AND DURING SHUTDOWN AFTER A FLIGHT ON 7/23/2025, ENGINE TSO: 13.9 HRS. TROUBLESHOOTING OF ENGINE AND AIRFRAME SYSTEMS COORDINATED WITH PHI (WHO PERFORMED THE PRIOR MAINTENANCE) AND ASSIGNED ROLLS ROYCE TECH REP. OIL APPEARED AND SMELLED BURNED. NO CONCLUS

FAA SDR: CALA fumes or odor report on 2025-07-24

STRANGE ODOR ON PLANE WHEN ON PC AIR AT GATE.OR APU AIR. BURNING CHEMICAL SMELL. CABIN ODOR REPORTING SHEET NOT FILLED OUT. RAN APU AND BOTH PACKS WITH NO ODOR. PERFORMED TSM TASK 05-50-00-810-831-A. NO SMELL OF OIL, HYDRAULIC FLUID, DE-ICING FLUID, ELECTRICAL OR CHEMICAL PRESENT. NO HISTORY WITHIN THE LAST 90 DAYS. MAINTENANCE ACCOMPLISHED OUTSIDE AT HANGAR LOCATION.

FAA SDR: GTIA smoke report on 2025-07-24

CIRCUIT BREAKERS M6 & M7 OPENED IN FLIGHT. BOTH THE AFT AND FWD CARGO SMOKE ILLUMINATED ON THE AIRCRAFT BUT NO MASTER WARNING OR ECAM DETECTED. CREW FOLLOWED MX PROCEDURES AND FEELS SAFE TO CONTINUE. NO EMERGENCY DECLARED AND NO CONFERENCE CALL REQUIRED. MX WILL TROUBLESHOOT UPON ARRIVAL IN LAX. -RESET C/B M6 & M7 NO DEFECTS NOTED. PERFORMED CIDS BITE TEST. OK FOR SVC. REF AMM 23-77-00. MOC # 114724.

FAA SDR: CALA fumes or odor report on 2025-07-25

ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL FLOM ROW 37 LOCATED ODOR TO AFT WAP OVER AFT GALLEY CEILING. PULLED & COLLARED CB AT P6-5 B-11. CREW WAP POWER. REF WDM 46-13-21-1. COMPLIED WITH MEL. REF AMM 46-13-06 FOR WAP 2 . VERIFIED NO OTHER SYSTEMS AFFECTED. COMPLIED WITH FIM 21-00 TASK 830. REMOVED CEILING PANELS ABOVE ROW 30 & 36 , LOWERED SEVERAL PSU PANELS IN AFT CABIN, NO EVIDENCE OF ANY ABNORMAL ODORS. EVIDENCE OF FAINT ELECTRICAL ODOR IN CEILING PANEL ABOVE AFT GALLEY, BUT NO EVIDENCE O

FAA SDR: CALA fumes or odor report on 2025-07-26

PLASTIC ODOR AFTER ENGINE START HAS RETURNED AFTER ENGINE RUN RAN BOTH ENGINES AND BOTH PACKS FOUND NO ISSUES OF NOTE. HOWEVER, DID FIND RANDOM OCCASIONAL ELECTRICAL SMELL IN FWD LAVATORY. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, FOUND LAV DOOR FRAME LIGHT PROXIMITY SWITCH WIRING TO BE SHORTED AND BURNT. FOUND DOOR JAMB SWITCH PACK ARCED AND BURNT. AFTER CLOSE WIRE INSPECTIONS, NO DAMAGES FOUND. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE SWITCH MODULE PER SWPM 20-30-00. OPS CHECKED OK. NO SIGNS OF ARC AND

FAA SDR: GTIA fumes or odor report on 2025-07-26

BAD ODOR COMING FROM PACKS THROUGHOUT FLIGHT, BECAME WORSE DURING DESCENT (MUSTY DIRTY SOCKS ) SWITCHED OFF PACK 1 AND SMELL WENT AWAY. DESCRIPTION OF ODOR/FUMES: PERSISTENT, DIRTY SOCKS SMELL. APPARENT CABIN SOURCE: CABIN AIR SUPPLY VENTS. FWD CABIN AND FLIGHT DECK. NO VISIBLE SMOKE/HAZE. NO MEDICAL ATTENTION REQUIRED.-C/W TSM 05-50-00-810-831-A FOUND ENG 1 PACK 1 TO BE CAUSE. PERFORMED DECONTAMINATION LEVEL A OF PACK 1 ENG 1 IAW AMM 21-00-00-615-802-A. NO ODORS OR FUME NOTE

FAA SDR: AALA fumes or odor report on 2025-07-26

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: FUMES SMELLED IN ENTIRE AIRCRAFT FROM ABOUT 18K FEET UNTIL LANDING. ACRID IN BACK CABIN. MORE OF A BURNING SMELL IN COCKPIT. LIKE AN ELECTRIC HEATER OR THE OVENS BEING USED SMELL. MAINTENANCE FOUND BAD BURNING ELEMENT AND REPLACED #2 OVEN IAW AMM 25-35-19.