<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1653797, June 2019

Flight attendant reported strong oil odor during taxi for departure; which resulted in a return to the gate.

Attributes
ACN	1653797
Time
Date	201906
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Events
Anomaly	Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor

Narrative:

Cabin. It was so strong that we felt the need to let the flight deck know. We smelled strong oil on the aircraft while doing safety demo. After notifying the captain we returned to the gate.we need better maintenance on our aircraft; so we don't have fume events.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Flight Attendant reported strong oil odor during taxi for departure; which resulted in a return to the gate.

Narrative: cabin. It was so strong that we felt the need to let the flight deck know. We smelled strong oil on the aircraft while doing safety demo. After notifying the Captain we returned to the gate.We need better maintenance on our aircraft; so we don't have fume events.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.