Fuel Smell in flight A320
does anyone know what would cause a fuel smell in flight on the A320? Apparently Airbus has release a bulletin on it but I cant seem to find it.
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sounds scary...
Prima facie, it could be coming from fuel leak inside engine, mixing with bleed air that goes to pack and thus inside the cabin...
what else it could be?:hmm: |
I vaguely remember an SB or TFU relating to vapour smells from the centre tank making their way into the cabin, i'll have a sniff around my docs and see what I can dig out :ok:
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Found it
OIT 999.0062/97 3.3. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS : AS FAR AS SEALANT APPLICATION IS CONCERNED, THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS HAVE BEEN LAUNCHED TO REDUCE THE RISK OF A SIMILAR LEAK : THE SEALANT APPLICATION PROCESS REQUIRES THAT THE DIFFERENT STEPS - ESPECIALLY THE CORRECT SURFACE CLEANING - ARE PROPERLY APPLIED. A REVIEW OF THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN PERFORMED ON THE ASSEMBLY LINE AND RESULTING PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED STARTING MSN 648 FOR THE A320, MSN 666 FOR THE A321 AND MSN 670 FOR A319. WITH RESPECT TO THE FUEL LEAK IN THE CABIN, THE TSM WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE JULY 1998 REVISION IN ORDER TO REFLECT A TASK RELATED TO FUEL SMELLS IN THE CABIN, IN ATA CHAPTER 28 CREW OBSERVATIONS. THIS TASK WILL REQUEST INSPECTION OF THE LH AND RH RIB 1 AT ITS CONNECTION WITH FRAME 36 FOR FUEL LEAK IN THE EVENT OF FUEL SMELLS IN THE CABIN. IF A FUEL LEAK IS DETECTED, THE TSM WILL PROVIDE INSTRUCTIONS FOR A FERRY FLIGHT AS WELL AS FOR TEMPORARY AND FINAL REPAIRS AS PER SIL 57-086. THE TEMPORARY REPAIR AS PER THE SIL PART A, PARAGRAPH 1, WILL BE LIMITED T0 50 FLIGHT HOURS. THE FINAL REPAIR WILL BE PERFORMED AS PER REPAIR INSTRUCTION R57112107 WHICH WILL BE INCORPORATED IN THE SIL 57-086 VIA REVISION 3 TO BE ISSUED IN MAY 1998. Fargoo :ok: |
Bingo... Thanks a bunch
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