Service difficulty report · Gasper Fan · Boeing 737210C

Difficulty date
April 15, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N743AS
Make and model
Boeing 737210C
Aircraft serial
21821
Part
Gasper Fan
Part number
5007024620
Condition
Overheated
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
DE
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

ANC - FLT 893 - CREW REPORTED AN ACRID ODOR ASSOCIATED WITH BURNING ELECTRICAL WIRING APPEARED IN THE COCKPIT DURING DESCENT AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF SMOKE FOLLOWED. GASPER FAN CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED AND THE SMOKE AND ODOR LESSENED. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. REPLACED INOPERATIVE GASPER FAN AND OPERATED NORMALLY WITH NO EVIDENCE OF SMOKE OR ODOR. (Z)