Service difficulty report · Cooling Fan · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
April 7, 2016
Submitted
April 11, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N980TW
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53630
Aircraft time
45,860 hours, 22,670 cycles
Part
Cooling Fan
Part number
60529042
Part serial
873485
Condition
Burned
Location
Zone 200
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
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

AIRCRAFT WAS GNDED. DURING PAX BOARDING, EXTERNAL POWER WAS DISCONNECTED. APU OVER TEMP WITH BOTH PACKS OPERATING. SHUT OFF LT PACK. AFTER 10 MINUTES RT PACK SHOWED FLOW LOSS. SHUTOFF RT PACK & RESTARTED LT PACK. A BURNING SMELL & SMOKE REPORTED IN CABIN. APU, BOTH PACKS & RECIRCULATION FAN SHUTOFF. PAXS DEPLANED. MAINTENANCE FOUND LEFT GROUND COOLING FAN AND CONNECTOR P1-173 BURNED. REMOVED AND REPLACED COOLING FAN IAW AMM 21-20-06 AND CONNECTOR IAW SWPM 20-31-00, WDM 21-22-00 AND EA 259619. SEE ALSO AALA20160411002. SUPPLEMENTAL (CLOSED)

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