SDR BB06064

Service difficulty report · Monitor · Boeing 767201

Difficulty date
August 9, 2006
Submitted
August 11, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N649US
Make and model
Boeing 767201
Aircraft serial
23901
Aircraft time
76,268 hours, 15,501 cycles
Part
Monitor
Part number
6056670001
Part serial
037866
Condition
Burned
Location
Entertainment Sy
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

FLIGHT 894, PHL-FRA: A BURNING SMELL AND SMOKE WAS OBSERVED JUST AFT OF FIRST CLASS BULKHEAD. THE ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM WAS SWITCHED OFF, AND SMOKE DISSIPATED. FLIGHT DIVERTED TO YJT. SOURCE OF SMOKE WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE VIDEO MONITORS AT SEATS 5AB, WHICH HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN PLACED ON MEL. MONITOR WAS DISABLED AND FLIGHT CONTINUED TO FRA. DISCREPANT MONITOR WAS SUBSEQUENTLY REPLACED 8/10/06.