Service difficulty report · Display · Boeing 737824

Difficulty date
December 23, 2001
Submitted
January 29, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N37255
Make and model
Boeing 737824
Aircraft serial
30610
Aircraft time
4,021 hours, 1,346 cycles
Part
Display
Part number
4073610916
Part serial
87289
Condition
Burned Out
Location
Inst Panel
Part time
4,021 hours, 1,346 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
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 CREW REPORTED THE SMELL OF SMOKE (NO VISIBLE SIGNS) IN THE COCKPIT DURING CLIMB OUT OF EWR AT 23,000 FEET. THE CREW DONNED THEIR O2 MASKS AND THE FLIGHT WAS DIVERTED TO PHL WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE CAPTAIN'S INBOARD DISPLAY UNIT HAD FAILED AND IT WAS THE SOURCE OF THE SMOKE SMELL. THE DISPLAY UNIT WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED IAW MM 31-62-11 AND SYSTEM CHECKS WERE NORMAL. THE SDR WILL REMAIN OPEN PENDING ENGINEERING INVESTIGATION. VENDOR TEARDOWN FOUND PHASE 1 DU A7A1 PRINTED WIRING BOARD(PWB) BURNED ALONG WITH TWO CAPACITORS AND TWO RESISTORS. THIS FAILURE HAD BEEN SEEN IN OTHER UNITS DURING VENDOR TEARDOWN. THE UNIT WAS REPAIRED AND AN ENGINEERING MODIFICATION WAS INCORPORAT