SDR 9721525526

Service difficulty report · Control Panel · Boeing 757251

Difficulty date
November 15, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N526US
Make and model
Boeing 757251
Aircraft serial
23620
Part
Control Panel
Part number
6224717003
Condition
Smoking
Location
Cockpit Pedestal
Part time
25,194 hours
Stage of operation
DE
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

AT FL350, AUTO THROTTLES DISCONNECTED AND A SMALL PUFF OF SMOKE EMANATED FROM THE PEDESTAL AREA. CIRCUIT BREAKERS FOR THE AUTO THROTTLE SYSTEM WERE PULLED. FLIGHT CONTINUED AS SCHEDULED. ON DESCENT INTO MSP UPON THROTTLE MOVEMENT, SMOKE APPEARED IN THE PEDESTAL AREA AGAIN. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, CONTINUED TO MSP, AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE AUTO-PILOT CONTROL PANEL WITH A SERVICEABLE UNIT. SYSTEM OPERATIONAL TEST WAS SATISFACTORY.