Service difficulty report · Mechanism · Boeing 767283ER

Difficulty date
March 28, 2010
Submitted
March 31, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N728CG
Make and model
Boeing 767283ER
Aircraft serial
24728
Aircraft time
80,229 hours, 18,151 cycles
Part
Mechanism
Condition
Burned
Location
Cockpit Door
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

GROUND TURN BACK, JUST BEFORE ENG START, BEFORE START CHECKLIST, FLIGHT CREW NOTICED THAT THE UNLOCKED FLT DECK DOOR AND LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED; THEN FLT CREW CHECKED THE DEFERRED MEL BOOK, SINCE THE FLT DECK DOOR WAS DEFERRED FROM FLT 049, THIS CONDITION WAS CORRECTED PROPERLY AND NO FURTHER FAILURES HAD TO BE EXPECTED - ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER F/A INFORMED ABOUT A STRONG "BURNING SMELL", FLT CREW NOTICED THAT T-5 C/B WAS POPPED OUT WHILE THE SMELL INCREASED AND THE LOCK MECHANISM GOT VERY HIGH TEMPERATURE AND FUMES. IAW WAS FOUND THE ELECTRICAL LOOK SYS BURNED AND WERE INSPECTIONED THE AREAS AROUND THE DOOR AND BULKHEAD AND ELEC SYS OF THE DOOR AND C/B IN P-11 PANEL T-5 DOOR SYS INOPERATIVE, THIS ITEM IS DEFERRED TO DMI 518 52-51-3 CAT A.

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