Service difficulty report · Relay · Doug MD83

Difficulty date
July 29, 2007
Submitted
July 31, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N838AM
Make and model
Doug MD83
Aircraft serial
49397
Aircraft time
63,319 hours, 30,944 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4460
Part
Relay
Part number
9008D093
Part serial
RH5059
Condition
Clogged
Location
Apu Buss
Part time
28,852 hours, 18,055 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO PLATFORM, AC CROSS TIE AND APU RT BUSS LIGHTS TURNED ON. BCU WAS REPLACED IAW MM 24-20-00 AND AC CROSS TIE LIGHT TURNED OFF, BUT RT BUSS LIGHT CONTINUED ON. RT BUSS LIGHT WAS DEFERRED BY MEL 24-1-1 AND AIRCRAFT WAS DISPATCHED. AFTER, AIRCRAFT RETURNED OF FLIGHT DUE TO THE SAME FAILURE AND CAPTAIN PERFORMED ABNORMAL PROCEDURE. DURING MAINTENANCE CHECK, THE RT AUX POWER RELAY WAS DETECTED CLOGGED. THE RELAY WAS REPLACED IAW MM 24-20-06, TESTED CORRECT.

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