Service difficulty report · Inverter · Fokker F28MK1000

Difficulty date
July 25, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Fokker F28MK1000
Engine
Rroyce SPEY55515
System (JASC)
2422 · AC Inverter
Part
Inverter
Part number
189972
Condition
Shorting Out
Location
Lt Hand
Part time
2,768 hours
Component
TR997
Stage of operation
TX
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

(CAN) AFTER LANDING THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT CALL CHIMES STARTED SOUNDING CONTINUOUSLY, ACCOMPANIED BY STATIC IN THE INTERPHONE SYSTEM. AFTER THE MAJORITY OF THE PASSENGERS WERE OFF, THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT NOTICED SMOKE IN THE FORWARD CABIN AREA. THE REMAINING PASSENGERS WERE EXPEDITIOUSLY DEPLANED. THE LEFT HAND INVERTER WAS SHORTING OUT TO THE AIRFRAME. A POWER UNIT HAD BURNT OUT AND SOME WIRES WERE DAMAGED. BOTH INVERTERS WERE REPLACED AND A BALLAST WAS REPLACED. WIRES REPLACED/REPAIRED. AD ON SIDEWALL WIRING WAS NOT CONFORMED TO. AIRCRAFT CHECKED SERVICEABLE.

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