Category: Flight Incidents

FAA SDR: CALA fumes or odor report on 2026-04-18

ACFT STRCK BY LIGHTNING ON LT ENGINE. BURNED ODOR FOR 3 MIN AFT ER. DEBRIEFED CREW AND THEY STATED , NR 1 ENGINE VIBE SPIKED DURING FLIGHT LEVEL CHANGED AT THAT MOMENT THEN BACK TO NORMAL . LEG 0 MX MESSAGE FOUND 77-11611 NOT ACTIVE AT THIS TIME . WALKED AROUND ENGINE COULD NOT FIND ANY VISIBLE DAMAGE . PERFORMED LIGHTING STRIKE INSPECTION IAW AMM 05-51-19. NO DEFECTS NOTED. CAPT INFORMS THAT ODOR ONLY NO SMOKE LASTED 3 MINS PRIMARILY IN COCKPIT ONLY. ODOR DESCRIBED AS OZONE,

FAA SDR: YENA fumes or odor report on 2026-04-18

FLT#224, LAX-JFK. FOUL ODOR REPORTED BY INFLIGHT ON SHORT FINAL APPR INTO JFK; COMPPLIED WITH INFO NOTICE 2017-T015 STEP 1 ISOLATED FAULT TO TYPE 10. CLEANED LAV D TOILET BOWL WITH VINEGAR AND ICE. NO DISCREPENCIES NOTED ON DUAL ENG IDLE WITH PACKS AND ALSO ON APU BLEED PER TSM 5-50-00-810-085D/ A/C OK FOR SVC.

FAA SDR: YENA fumes or odor report on 2026-04-19

FLT#655. SYR-MCO. GOING THROUGH 6500 WE HAD FUMES EVENT IDLE THRUST APU OFF SMELLED LIKE DIRTY SOX/MUSTY ODOR; C/W INFO NOTICE 2017-T015M PERFORMED LEVEL A APU ODOR INSPECTION PER AMM TASK 49-00-00-200-812-A NO LEAKS FOUND ISILATED FAULT TO TYPE 10 AMBIENT AIR DURING FLIGHT PER AMM TSM 05-50-00-810-085B/TSM 05-50-00-810-085-D A/C OK FOR SVC.

FAA SDR: DALA fire report on 2026-04-19

SMKE/FUME – PRIOR TO PUSH, CREW REPORTED WHITE HAZY SMOKE AND AN OIL SMELL IN THE CABIN FOLLOWED BY A HARD CLUNK AND AN APU AUTO SHUTDOWN. RAMP REPORTED FLAMES IN APU EXHAUST. FOUND APU CHIP DETECTOR FULL OF METAL AND SUSPECTED APU INTERNAL FAILURE. APU REPLACED. PERFORMED ECS DUCT BURN AND COALESCER BAG REPLACEMENT. OPS CHECKS OK. NO FURTHER SMELL OR ODORS FOUND. RTS.(1551774) (AIRCRAFT GROUNDED)

PAL FLIGHT MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING IN ILOILO ✈️ A Philippine Airlines flight from Dumaguete to Manila made an emergency landing at Iloilo International Airport on Sunday, April 19, after a reported drop in cabin oxygen supply while at cruising altit – facebook.com

PAL FLIGHT MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING IN ILOILO ✈️ A Philippine Airlines flight from Dumaguete to Manila made an emergency landing at Iloilo International Airport on Sunday, April 19, after a reported drop in cabin oxygen supply while at cruising altit facebook.com

FAA SDR: AALA fumes or odor report on 2026-04-20

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED DUE TO: FLIGHT ATTENDANT AND PASSENGERS REPORTED SMELL OF BURNING PLASTIC IN THE CABIN NEAR ROW 28. AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO AND LANDED SAFELY AT IAH. BOTH ENGINES WERERUN INDIVIDUALLY TO ISOLATE THE PACK BLEEDS PER THE TABLE IN STEP 4C OF THE J/C 08L00021001, AND THE INSPECTION OF THE RECIRCULATION FANS. NO ODORS OR OTHER DISCREPANCIES WERE NOTED. NO FAULT FOUND.

FAA SDR: WX0A fumes or odor report on 2026-04-20

(AIRCRAFT NOT GROUNDED) DIRTY SOCK SMELL ON DESCENT REPORTED STRONGEST AFT CABIN / PERFORMED TC A32X-21-000-001 & AMM 21-00-00-615-802-A. FOUND OIL LEAKING AROUND APU INTAKE AND COMPRESSOR. APU PLACED ON MEL ON LOGPAGE 2171449. TRACKING ODOR EVENT ON MDDR 230313. TC A32X-21-000-002 MUST BE COMPLETED WITHIN 5 CALENDAR DAYS. (FOLLOWUP – DI CLOSED) (RESOLVED ON W/O: 549214 TASKCARD: NR-00001 ) CW TC A32X-21-000-002ITEM: 1CW TC A32X-21-000-002.

FAA SDR: CALA fumes or odor report on 2026-04-20

ON FIRST ENGINE START ATTEMPT ON LEFT ENGINE WITH ENGINE START IGNITER IN NO. 2 POSITION. NO ENGINE VALVE LIGHT WITH NO RISE IN EGT. ABORTED START WITH CHECKLIST FUMES DETECTED IN CABIN. SECOND START WITH IGNITORS IN BOTH WAS GOOD BUT WITH MORE FUMES IN CABIN THAT CAUSED PASSENGERS TO BECOME ILL. PER CREW DEBRIEFING, CREW STATED ON NR 1 ENGINE START NO LIGHT OFF, PERFORMED DRY MOTOR RUN FOR 1 MIN AND THEN WENT FOR A SECOND START ATTEMPT ON BOTH WITH LIGHT OFF HAPPENING. FF DU