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B757 captain reported he refused aircraft during preflight due to a strong chemical smell on aircraft. Aircraft has history of fumes.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1765409 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202010 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor |
Narrative:
During cockpit setup a operations manager came to the cockpit to inform of aircraft history of a chemical smell with aircraft. Flight attendant infomed us a bad smell in the cabin. I went in the cabin along with my first officer it did smell like a strong chemical smell throughout the cabin a very strong in the last 10 rows. I contacted dispatch and the chief pilot. Maintenance came on board and did confirm the smell. Then I contacted dispatch to refuse the aircraft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B757 Captain reported he refused aircraft during preflight due to a strong chemical smell on aircraft. Aircraft has history of fumes.
Narrative: During cockpit setup a OPS Manager came to the cockpit to inform of aircraft history of a chemical smell with aircraft. Flight Attendant infomed us a bad smell in the cabin. I went in the cabin along with my First Officer it did smell like a strong chemical smell throughout the cabin a very strong in the last 10 rows. I contacted Dispatch and the Chief Pilot. Maintenance came on board and did confirm the smell. Then I contacted Dispatch to refuse the aircraft.
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.