Service difficulty report · Transformer · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
August 22, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N477AC
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
48062
Part
Transformer
Part number
P323B634
Condition
Overheated
Location
Lt Aft Lav
Stage of operation
CR
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

A MILD ELECTRICAL ODOR WAS OBSERVED AT LEFT AFT LAV IN FLIGHT. NO OTHER ADVERSE CONDITIONS WERE NOTED, ONLY THE ODOR. THE FLIGHT CONTINUED TO IAH WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEMS REPORTED. MAINTENANCE FOUND T1-2 TRANSFORMER FOR LIGHTS AT AFT LEFT LAV AT FAULT. THE TRANSFORMER WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED, AN OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS GOOD.

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