SDR ABXA080119

Service difficulty report · Transformer · Doug DC932

Difficulty date
April 5, 2008
Submitted
April 8, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N900AX
Make and model
Doug DC932
Aircraft serial
47380
Aircraft time
60,956 hours, 64,385 cycles
Part
Transformer
Part number
6RW176YN3
Part serial
5996552
Condition
Defective
Location
E/E Bay
Stage of operation
IN
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

ELECTRICAL SMELL IN COCKPIT, WORSE WITH EMERGENCY POWER SELECTED ON. FOUND SMELL TO BE WORSE IN FORWARD ACCESSORY COMPARTMENT. NO SIGNS OF OVERHEATED OR BURNING EQUIPMENT WITH POWER ON. DETERMINED ODOR TO BE RESIDUAL FROM RIGHT TRANSFORMER RECTIFIER THAT WAS REPLACED ON PREVIOUS FLIGHT.

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