Service difficulty report · Smoke · Doug MD83

Difficulty date
April 16, 2005
Submitted
May 19, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N583AN
Make and model
Doug MD83
Aircraft serial
53183
Aircraft time
29,004 hours, 27,501 cycles
Part
Smoke
Condition
Detected
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
TX
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

IN BAQ WHEN EXTERNAL POWER WAS CONNECTED SMOKE CAME INTO COCKPIT FROM OVERHEAD PANEL. AS PER AMM 20-50-01 PAGE 201, GROUND ELECTRICAL 106 LINE WAS ISOLATED ON CONNECTOR P1-568 OF CABIN PRESS SELECTOR ELECTRICAL LINES WERE CHECKED BY CONDITIONS ON OVERHEAD PANEL WITH SATISFACTORY RESULTS.

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