Service difficulty report · Amplifier · Boeing 737*

Difficulty date
September 15, 2006
Submitted
September 18, 2006
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N367G
Make and model
Boeing 737*
Aircraft serial
28579
Aircraft time
3,103 hours, 1,310 cycles
Engine
Ge CFM56*
Part
Amplifier
Part number
1F220100102
Part serial
086
Condition
Fire
Location
Entertain Sys
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
A, B
Precautionary procedure
H

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

WHILE MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL WERE PERFORMING A ROUTINE POST FLIGHT INSPECTION, A TECHNICIAN DISCOVERED A PROBLEM. ACFT POWERED BY EXTERNAL POWER, AND CABIN ENTERTAINMENT SYS OPERATING (PLAYING A DVD MOVIE) WITH THE AUDIO SYSTEM VOLUME AT A LOW LEVEL. AFTER A FEW MINUTES OF OPERATION, A TECHNICIAN NOTICED SMOKE AND FUMES COMING FROM TWO OF THE FORWARD CABIN SPEAKERS (LOUNGE AREA). ONE SPEAKER EMITTED A FLAME APPROXIMATELY 2 TO 3 INCHES IN LENGTH. THE TECHNICIAN QUICKLY SHUT DOWN ALL AIRCRAFT ELECTRICAL POWER, AND RETURNED TO THE DAMAGED SPEAKER AREA WITH AN ONBOARD FIRE EXTINGUISHER. THE FLAME HAD SELF EXTINGUISHED, HOWEVER, THE CABIN WAS VERY SMOKEY AT THAT POINT. UPON FURTHER EXAMINATION, (2) SPEAKERS HAD