Service difficulty report · Relay · Boeing 737823

Difficulty date
September 12, 2025
Submitted
September 16, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N357PV
Make and model
Boeing 737823
Aircraft serial
31277
Aircraft time
22,702 hours, 9,951 cycles
System (JASC)
5200 · Doors
Part
Relay
Part number
ES4101538
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Zone 800
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
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: AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED DUE TO: RIGHT AFTER LIFT OFF, STRONG FUME SMELL WAS PRESENT IN CABIN. IT SMELLED LIKE SOMETHING WAS BURNING BUT NO SMOKE WAS PRESENT. WE COULD NOT DETERMINE THE SOURCE OF THE FUMES. AIRCRAFT AIR INTERRUPTED BACK TO AND LANDED SAFELY AT STL. ACCOMPLISHED J/C 08L00021001. FOUND P-91 D9 CIRCUIT BREAKER (DOOR AREA HEATER-FORWARD) POPPED. TROUBLESHOT PER FIM 21-45-00-810-801. OPERATIONAL CHECK FAILED BOTH DOOR AREA HEATERS DO NOT OPERATE. REPLACED RELAY R560. NO HELP. REF MIC 1519856 AND MIC 1519857 FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION. REMOVE AND REPLACED AFT ENTRY DOOR HEATER (AALA202509158023), PER AMM 21-45-01. ALSO, REPLACED RELAY R560