Service difficulty report · Support · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
October 4, 2017
Submitted
October 23, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N286SK
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145443
Aircraft time
33,484 hours, 28,128 cycles
Part
Support
Part number
14525736001
Condition
Broken
Location
Buss Bar
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H, B
Precautionary procedure
B

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

What was found

EN ROUTE, IN VMC CONDITIONS. PIC REPORTED ON ROTATION, THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS CAME ON, THE PIC CYCLED THE EMERGENCY SWITCH AND THE LIGHTS WENT OFF. DURING CRUISE THE EICAS SCREEN WENT BLANK AND SWAPPED TO THE SIC MFD. BOTH RADIOS WENT SCRATCHY, THE PIC MFD AND PFD WENT BLACK. THE PIC DECLARED AN IFE ON DESCENT. AN APU START WAS ATTEMPTED AT FL300 AND ACTUALLY STARTED AT FL140. LOSS OF BOTH RMU LASTED 12-15 MINUTES. LANDED ON THE SICS PFD ONLY, WITH AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. ON FINAL APPROACH THE SIC AND FA SMELLED ELECTRICAL SMOKE BUT THE PIC DID NOT. AFTER PARKING AIRCRAFT, MAINTENANCE FOUND A BROKEN BOLT THAT WAS SUPPORTING A GROUND BAR INSTALLATION AND ALSO WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE MANUFACTURER AOG TEAM THE CONTACTORS ARE ALSO SUSPECTED AS BEING AT FAULT. THE BROKEN BOLT ON THE BUSS BAR WAS LOCATED IN THE RIGHT DC DISTRIBUTION BOX. THE ACTUAL BOLT HEAD WAS NOT ATTACHED TO THE BUSS BAR. THE BOLT SHANK AND THREADED PORTION WAS BROKEN OFF INSIDE THE SUPPORT AND THE SUPPORT WAS REPLACED.

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