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A319 flight crew reported strong odor during initial approach. Crew utilized oxygen masks to complete an uneventful landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1536520 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201804 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZMP.ARTCC |
| State Reference | MN |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Marginal |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor |
Narrative:
Shortly after initiating a managed descent; passing approximately FL190 at 36% to 37% N1 a strong dirty/oily sock smell was observed increasing in intensity. The first officer and I donned our oxygen masks and continued our approach and landing. I called the cabin to inquire if they were smelling the same odor. The cabin crew responded only faintly during flight. After we were at the gate the cabin crew did smell a stronger odor and experienced adverse symptoms. We landed without incident with our oxygen masks on; taxied clear of the runway and then were able to open a window to get fresh air and taxied into the gate to shut down. After the next leg was cancelled the company requested that we ferry the aircraft unpressurized with our oxygen masks on. A thoroughly inappropriate request.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A319 flight crew reported strong odor during initial approach. Crew utilized oxygen masks to complete an uneventful landing.
Narrative: Shortly after initiating a managed descent; passing approximately FL190 at 36% to 37% N1 a strong dirty/oily sock smell was observed increasing in intensity. The First Officer and I donned our oxygen masks and continued our approach and landing. I called the cabin to inquire if they were smelling the same odor. The cabin crew responded only faintly during flight. After we were at the gate the cabin crew did smell a stronger odor and experienced adverse symptoms. We landed without incident with our oxygen masks on; taxied clear of the runway and then were able to open a window to get fresh air and taxied into the gate to shut down. After the next leg was cancelled the company requested that we ferry the aircraft unpressurized with our oxygen masks on. A thoroughly inappropriate request.
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.