Category: Flight Incidents

FAA SDR: YENA fumes or odor report on 2025-10-03

FLT#1454, SJU-FLL. “FUMES/ODOR AFT GALLEY MILD AFTER PACKS TURNED ON, WORST AFTER TAKE OFF PWR AND CLIMBOUT UNTIL 12,000 FT . ODOR CAME BACK DURING ARRIVAL PASSING 21,000 UNTIL LANDING . DECLARED EMERGENCY ON ARRIVAL . CAPTAIN ALSO SMELLED IT ON ARRIVAL VERY MILD ODOR; COMPLIED WITH W/O 1446035 APU INSP & CLEANING, BELLY INSP & CLEANING, LEVEL C ECS DECON. REPLACED RECIRC & OZONE FILTERS. DURING APU INSP FOUND LEAK AT LOAD COMPRESSOR TO GEARBOX SPLIT LINE. REFER TP MDDR 59621

FAA SDR: AALA fumes or odor report on 2025-10-03

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: SMELL OF FUMES ON FINAL APPROACH. MAINTENANCE SUSPECTS APU, MAINTENANCE ACCOMPLISHED. APU COOLING FAN REPLACED IAW AMM49-52-51, APU VENT TUBE REPLACED IAW AMM 49-26-51, #2 ENGINE DE-OILER SEAL REPLACED IAW AMM 72-60-31, A.

FAA SDR: 141A fire report on 2025-10-03

PIC CONTACTED ACP SABRINI FOR BRIEFING & CLARIFICATION ABOUT PROCEDURE BEFORE BEGINNING. WHILE ON THE RAMP, PIC PERFORMED LOW-SPEED BRAKE TESTS AT 5–10 KNOTS GS TO VERIFY FUNCTIONALITY. BRAKES WERE ONLY SLOWING DOWN THE ACFT, BUT IT WASN’T FIRM BRAKING AS THEY ARE STILL NEW BRAKE PADS. ATC INSTRUCTED CREW TO CONDUCT THE PROCEDURE ON RUNWAY 27 AT MEM. PIC WAS TAXING & WHILE TAXING TO RWY27 , LIGHTLY RIDING BRAKES AS PART OF BURN-IN PROCEDURE . WHILE TAXING ON RWY27 AT 30 KNOTS

FAA SDR: CALA fumes or odor report on 2025-10-04

VERY MUSTY SMELL COMING FROM AIR VENTS TOMC LOCKED LP. PLEASE PERFORM CONDITIONAL INSP PER AMM 05-51-26-800-801-C1. PERFORM AC PACK BURN OUT AND REPLACE RECIRC FILTERS. REVIEWED WORK HISTORY AND FOUND #1 ENG WASH WAS JUST COMPLETED IN RDU LAST NIGHT DURING RON. UPON CREW DEBRIEFING, PILOTS STATED SMELL WAS PREVELANT DURING INITIAL TAXI AND ON TAKE OFF AND LANDING. SMELL WOULD GO AWAY AFTER APU WAS RUNNING. SEE PICTURES OF SMOKE ODOR FORMS. TOMC UPDATE: PLEASE PERFORM ENG IDLE

FAA SDR: WX0A fumes or odor report on 2025-10-17

(AIRCRAFT NOT GROUNDED) FA’S REPORT DIRTY SOCK SMELL FWD CABIN IN THE DESCENT PHASE ROW 5 AND FORWARD, DID NOT SMELL ANY ODOR IN THE FLIGHT DECK / (RESOLVED ON W/O: 534158 TASKCARD: NR-00001 ) LEVEL II DECONTAMINATION COMPLETED. FOUND LEAK AT OIL COOLER FAN ASSY. R&R’D APU OIL COOLING FAN ASSY. REF AMM 49-52-51-000-002-A AND AMM 49-52-51-400-002-A LEAK AND OPS CHECK GOOD.

FAA SDR: DALA fumes or odor report on 2025-10-18

SMELLED “DIRTY SOCK” ODOR SHORTLY AFTER FLAP 1 SELECTION DURING APPROACH. LASTED APPROX 2 MINS ANS DISSAPATED. C/W WORKCARD 0550-2002 IDENTIFIED OIL LEAKING FROM APU INTO PLENUM. PERF LEVEL B ECS DECONTAMINATION WORKCARD 2100-2005. CHANGED RECIRC FILTERS PER A320 AMM 21-21. ODOR CLEARED. A/C OK FOR SVC. (LP: 7653294)

FAA SDR: GTIA fumes or odor report on 2025-10-19

NUMEROUS FUME ISSUES PREVIOUSLY REPORTED BY ATL MAINTENANCE. OIL RESIDUE/BURNING SMELL STRONG ON APPROACH AND TAXI IN FLL. CAME FROM ENG 1. SOURCE UNKNOWN. FLIGHT DECK. NO VISIBLE SMOKE/HAZE. NO MEDICAL ATTENTION REQUIRED.–

FAA SDR: YENA fumes or odor report on 2025-10-19

FLT#1498, DEN-JFK. “INFLIGHT REPORTED ELECTRICAL SMOKE SMELL IN AFT LAV AREA; ACCOMPLISHED FIM FAULT ISOLATION PROCEDURES FOR FUMES / SMOKE IN CABIN. NO ELECTRICAL SMOKE SMELL NOTED. IAW FIM J21-22-00. A/C OK FOR CONT SVC.”