Service difficulty report · Cooling Fan · Boeing 7879

Difficulty date
April 4, 2022
Submitted
April 6, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N839AA
Make and model
Boeing 7879
Aircraft serial
40646
Aircraft time
13,211 hours, 1,626 cycles
Part
Cooling Fan
Condition
Odor
Location
Zone 200 - Fuse
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: MULTIPLE ISSUES LEFT PACK FIRST GOT PACK MODE LEFT FOLLOWED BY LEFT PACK. PERFORMED CHECKLIST RESET GOT PACK LEFT BACK ON BUT SOON PACK MODE LEFT AGAIN. SMELL OF SULFUR ON TAKE OFF AND WHEN PACK WAS REINSTATED. SULFUR SMELL LAST 3 TAKE OFFS. REMOVED AND REPLACED FORWARD ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC COOLING FAN PER DMC B787A-21-27-12-00A-720-A-A.

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