Service difficulty report · Power Unit · Boeing 737823

Difficulty date
May 31, 2019
Submitted
June 6, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N969NN
Make and model
Boeing 737823
Aircraft serial
31215
Aircraft time
13,700 hours, 5,189 cycles
Part
Power Unit
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Seat 18b
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
F

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT NOT GROUNDED: PILOT REPORTS DURING FLIGHT, CREW WAS ALERTED TO ISSUE AT SEAT 18B. CREW OBSERVED WHAT APPEARED TO BE WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM SEAT. CREW TOOK PRECAUTIONS WITH FIRE EXTENGUISHER. CAPT. WAS ADVISED. POWER TO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM WAS HALTED. SEAT CUSHION REMOVED. DISCOVERED CHILD IN SEAT HAD SPILLED DRINK ON SEAT, AND LIQUID HAD GOTTEN INTO POWER UNIT LOCATED UNDERNEATH SEAT. ISSUE WAS RESOLVED. CONDITION IMPROVED. IT FOUND POWER BOX UNDER ROW 18ABC DAMAGED BY A LIQUID SPILL. REPLACED POWER BOX, INSPECTED WIRING AND CONNECTIONS. OPS CHECK GOOD IAW THALES AMM 44-21-00.