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An A319 crew declared an emergency; donned O2 masks and returned to land after a strong odor caused burning eyes and throat.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 991009 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201201 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Marginal |
| Light | Dawn |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Climb Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Air Conditioning Distribution System |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Maintenance Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness |
Narrative:
Odor on aircraft when APU bleed selected on. Maintenance opinion was that odor was caused by rain water mixed with fluid on side of plane were being brought into APU intake and causing odor. After engine start odor was less but still there. At take off odor became very strong; eyes nose and throat burned. Went on O2 and returned to field for overweight landing. Paramedics met crew and took to hospital for tests. On going odor problem with aircraft pack system.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An A319 crew declared an emergency; donned O2 masks and returned to land after a strong odor caused burning eyes and throat.
Narrative: Odor on aircraft when APU bleed selected on. Maintenance opinion was that odor was caused by rain water mixed with fluid on side of plane were being brought into APU intake and causing odor. After engine start odor was less but still there. At take off odor became very strong; eyes nose and throat burned. Went on O2 and returned to field for overweight landing. Paramedics met crew and took to hospital for tests. On going odor problem with aircraft pack system.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.