Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Boeing 7378

Difficulty date
April 10, 2021
Submitted
April 13, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N342RX
Make and model
Boeing 7378
Aircraft serial
44466
Aircraft time
425 hours, 168 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Condition
Failed
Location
Zone 200 - Fuse
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, S
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: ON CLIMB FROM DCA, DC FAIL LIGHT CAME ON RIGHT ADIRU SIDE. THE FIRST OFFICER SMELLED A FAINT ELECTRICAL SMELL BUT CAPTAIN DID NOT. SPEED AND MACH TRIM LIGHTS CAME ON, THEN LEFT AUTOPILOT FAILED AND THEN THE RIGHT FAILED. THE CAPTAIN MENTIONED THAT THE AUTO THROTTLE DEMANDED LOWER SPEED AT THAT TIME. AFTER LANDING IN CLT, MAINTENANCE LIGHT ON OVERHEAD ILLUMINATED ALONG WITH THE SIX PACK LIGHT CAME ON WITH LIGHT ELECTRICAL SMELL THAT COULD BE SENSED THROUGHOUT CABIN. MAINTENANCE MESSAGE 22-11333 WAS RECOVERED. FOUND STANDBY POWER CONTROL UNIT BAD AND OMITTING STRONG ELECTRICAL SMELL. REMOVED AND REPLACED STANDBY POWER CONTROL UNIT.

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