Service difficulty report · Pump · Boeing 727227

Difficulty date
November 1, 2000
Submitted
November 2, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N89427
Make and model
Boeing 727227
Aircraft serial
21365
Aircraft time
52,709 hours, 35,467 cycles
Part
Pump
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Lavatory
Stage of operation
EX
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

FLIGHT 426 FROM CVG TO DAL. AT THE GATE PRIOR TO DEPARTURE, CREW SMELLED SMOKE AND HEARD CIRCUIT BREAKER POP. CREW SHUT DOWN APU AND REMOVED EXTERNAL POWER AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. NO FIRE WAS NOTED. FOUND LAV PUMP MOTOR INOP AND LAV MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. VERIFIED NO FURTHER DAMAGE. PLACED ITEM ON MEL 38-2. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.