Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Boeing 777224

Difficulty date
December 31, 2005
Submitted
January 4, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N78009
Make and model
Boeing 777224
Aircraft serial
29479
Aircraft time
32,126 hours, 3,681 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Part number
285W00294
Condition
Shorted
Location
L-3 Door
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
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

PASSENGERS AND FLIGHT ATTENDANT'S REPORTED A WHIFF OF ELECTRICAL ODOR IN THE CABIN AT A ZONE, B ZONE, AND IN AFT CABIN NEAR ROW 25 WHILE EN ROUTE TO IAH. THE ODOR RETURNED LATER WITH A VISIBLE HAZE. THE APPROPRIATE CHECKLIST WAS RUN AND THE ODOR AND HAZE CEASED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT IAH WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEM. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE OEU (OVERHEAD ELECTRONICS UNIT) AT L-3 DOOR SHORTED. THE OEU WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED, OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD.