Service difficulty report · Elec Connector · Boeing 7879

Difficulty date
August 5, 2025
Submitted
August 12, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N27959
Make and model
Boeing 7879
Aircraft serial
36407
Aircraft time
46,641 hours, 4,460 cycles
Part
Elec Connector
Condition
Faulted
Location
Zone 200
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

BURNING ELECTRICAL SMELL AT SEAT 11L AND 12L AREA. BOTH POWER INOP AT 11L AND 12L.CONFIRMED FAULT. CHECKED ALL LRUS/ CONNECTORS BEHIND 11L. NFF. ONLY NOTED THAT THERE WAS LOTS OF DUST ON LRUS AND ALL FOUND BURNING SMELL COMING FROM INPUT PORT (J3) OF DC SEB. . FOR PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE, R&R SPM AND DC SEB BEHIND SEAT 11D IAW AMM 44-25-03/-15. SPM P/N RD-FA3622-02 ON/OFF. SPM S/N 1019 39 OFF. SPM S/N 040621 ON. DC SEB P/N RD-FA3134-01 OFF/ON. DC SE B S/N J237767 OFF. DC SEB P/N K038085 ON. AFTER BOOTING UP IFE S YS. SMELT BURNING COMING DISCONNECT BETWEEN SEATS 11L/12L. REQUI RES REPLACEMENT HARNESSES FROM SDU/SEB TO DISCONNECT AND FROM DI SCONNECT TO PERPHERALS. CAPPED AND STOWED ALL SPM/DC SEB CONNECTORS BEHIND SEAT 11. VIDEO MONITOR AT SEAT 12L IS INOP DUE TO HARNESS DAMAGE. SYSTEM HAS BEEN ISOLATED BY REMOVING POWER FEED J1 AT DISCONNECT BRACKET AS WELL AS ALL CONNECTORS J4, J6,J1, & J3 FROM SPM AND ALL CONNECTORS FROM SEB J1, J2, J3 & J4 FROM BEHIND SEAT 11L. REPLACED THE SPM TOMC APPROVES. DEFERRAL PROCEDURE C/W.

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