Service difficulty report · Heating Element · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
May 14, 2016
Submitted
May 18, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N7547A
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
53029
Aircraft time
71,974 hours, 37,702 cycles
Part
Heating Element
Part number
DC26F1811S
Condition
Faulty
Location
Heater
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GNDED. AIR INTERRUPT, EMER WAS DECLARED, LANDING UNEVENTFUL & ACFT NOT OVERWEIGHT. DURING CRUISE CREW REPORTED WHITE SMOKE IN FWD CABIN AT SEAT 3A LOWER VENT. FOUND FWD CARGO HEATER CB TRIPPED. AN INSPECTION OF THE FWD CARGO HEATER FOUND FAULTY HEATING ELEMENT. R & R FORWARD CARGO HEATER IAW AMM 21-41-00.

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