Service difficulty report · Ckt Breaker · Doug DC981

Difficulty date
June 25, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N37882
Make and model
Doug DC981
Aircraft serial
48027
Part
Ckt Breaker
Condition
Failed
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

THE RT AC BUS 50 AMP CIRCUIT BREAKER, AFT CENTER AND LEFT FUEL BOOST PUMP CIRCUIT BREAKERS POPPED WHILE EN ROUTE. CREW ATTEMPTED TO RESET CIRCUIT BREAKERS WITHOUT SUCCESS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO EWR WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE RT AC BUS 50 AMP CIRCUIT BREAKER B1-276 AT FAULT. THE CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. THE OTHER POPPED CIRCUIT BREAKERS WERE RESET. BOTH ENGINES WERE RUN WITH FULL ELECTRICAL LOAD AND ALL OPERATION CHECKED GOOD WITH NO CIRCUIT BREAKERS POPPING.

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