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A320 flight crew refuses to accept an aircraft that has very strong order of unknown origin that maintenance believes may be from hydraulic fluid.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 737546 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200705 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 737546 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe cabin event other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Undetermined; possible hydraulic leak. Aircraft had repulsive odor which previous crew said was present throughout previous flight. Wrote problem up. Maintenance could not find any problems; however; they said they thought the smell was of a hydraulic fluid similarity. Maintenance wanted to dispatch aircraft; however; captain and first officer decided that the odor posed a health risk and refused to fly aircraft. Sickening odor in aircraft. Flight canceled. Maintenance should not be in such a hurry to pass on a problem!
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A320 FLT CREW REFUSES TO ACCEPT AN ACFT THAT HAS VERY STRONG ORDER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN THAT MAINTENANCE BELIEVES MAY BE FROM HYDRAULIC FLUID.
Narrative: UNDETERMINED; POSSIBLE HYD LEAK. ACFT HAD REPULSIVE ODOR WHICH PREVIOUS CREW SAID WAS PRESENT THROUGHOUT PREVIOUS FLT. WROTE PROB UP. MAINT COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBS; HOWEVER; THEY SAID THEY THOUGHT THE SMELL WAS OF A HYD FLUID SIMILARITY. MAINT WANTED TO DISPATCH ACFT; HOWEVER; CAPT AND FO DECIDED THAT THE ODOR POSED A HEALTH RISK AND REFUSED TO FLY ACFT. SICKENING ODOR IN ACFT. FLT CANCELED. MAINT SHOULD NOT BE IN SUCH A HURRY TO PASS ON A PROB!
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.