<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1734736, March 2020

A-319 flight attendant on duty and deadheading F/a crew reported 'intense; heavy; wet; moldy' fumes throughout the cabin during initial descent which lasted until deplaning.

Attributes
ACN	1734736
Time
Date	202003
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Pneumatic System
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Qualification	Flight Attendant Current
Person 2
Function	Other / Unknown
Qualification	Flight Attendant Current
Events
Anomaly	Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness

Narrative:

Approximately 15 minutes prior to landing an intense; heavy; wet-like; moldy smell overcame the cabin. Within seconds my eyes were burning and with within minutes I had a headache. Smell lasted through landing and during deplaning but not quite as intense during deplane. The pilot to take aircraft out was on the jet bridge and noticed the smell. Maintenance was called and plane was removed from service.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A-319 Flight Attendant on duty and deadheading F/A crew reported 'intense; heavy; wet; moldy' fumes throughout the cabin during initial descent which lasted until deplaning.

Narrative: Approximately 15 minutes prior to landing an intense; heavy; wet-like; moldy smell overcame the cabin. Within seconds my eyes were burning and with within minutes I had a headache. Smell lasted through landing and during deplaning but not quite as intense during deplane. The pilot to take aircraft out was on the jet bridge and noticed the smell. Maintenance was called and plane was removed from service.

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.