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A-320 captain reported strong odor of hot pack briefly during climb and descent with no other indications.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1663810 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201907 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Air Conditioning and Pressurization Pack |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 129 Flight Crew Type 634 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor |
Narrative:
On climb out from ZZZ we noticed a strong odor that I would describe as a pack (pneumatic air conditioning kit) odor; specifically a hot pack. We had no ECAM messages. I consulted the QRH and felt the cabin air poor quality procedure may help even though we had no complaints from the cabin. After running the procedure; the odor dissipated and air quality became acceptable; we went back to a normal configuration. We also submitted a [maintenance request] for maintenance to take a look at the issue upon arrival in ZZZ1.on descent the odor started to return though not as strong; we landed uneventfully.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A-320 Captain reported strong odor of hot PACK briefly during climb and descent with no other indications.
Narrative: On climb out from ZZZ we noticed a strong odor that I would describe as a PACK (Pneumatic Air Conditioning Kit) odor; specifically a hot PACK. We had no ECAM messages. I consulted the QRH and felt the Cabin Air Poor Quality procedure may help even though we had no complaints from the cabin. After running the procedure; the odor dissipated and air quality became acceptable; we went back to a normal configuration. We also submitted a [maintenance request] for maintenance to take a look at the issue upon arrival in ZZZ1.On descent the odor started to return though not as strong; we landed uneventfully.
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.