Service difficulty report · Volt Regulator · Boeing 727225

Difficulty date
January 16, 2008
Submitted
February 15, 2008
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Boeing 727225
Aircraft time
47,745 hours
Engine
Pwa JT8D15
Part
Volt Regulator
Condition
Odor
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) DURING FLIGHT CREW SHUTDOWN CHECKLIST, ON APU POWER, SMOKE ALARM SOUNDED IN THE AC LAVATORY. LAVATORY INSP REVEALED SOME SMOKE. ALARM SILENCED WHILE INSPECTING THE LAVATORY AREA. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 30 SECONDS, THE ALARM SOUNDED AGAIN, AND THE AC POWERED DOWN. MAINT INSPECTED THE LWR E/E COMPARTMENT AND FOUND SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF SMOKE WITH AN ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR. FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED BY THE FLIGHT CREW. MAINT DISCONNECTED THE MAIN AC BATTERY AND DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY CHARGER. NO OBVIOUS FAULTS WERE NOTED WITH THE BATTERY OR CHARGER AND BOTH UNITS DID NOT APPEAR TO BE OVERHEATED. THE AC WAS THEN REPOWERED USING ONLY EXTERNAL POWER WITH NO FURTHER SMOKE EVIDENT. INSP OF ALL ELECTRICAL RACKS AND COMPONENTS WAS CARRIED OUT. THE ONLY FAULT NOTED WAS A BURNED ODOR FROM THE APU VOLTAGE REGULATOR AND GCU. THE VOLTAGE REGULATOR AND GCU WERE REPLACED. THE LAVATORY PUMP WAS PLACED UNDER AN MEL DEFERRAL AND WILL BE REPLACED ONCE THE PART BECOMES AVAILABLE. THE APU HAS BEEN RUN AND ALL SYS CHECKED SERVICEABLE, WITH NO FURTHER BURNED ODOR OR SMOKE.