Service difficulty report · Fan · Boeing 737130

Difficulty date
January 13, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N24213
Make and model
Boeing 737130
Aircraft serial
19030
Part
Fan
Part number
215201
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Cabin
Part time
19,453 hours
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

THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS REPORTED, A BURNING ODOR IN CABIN WHILE EN ROUTE. THE SMOKE CHECKLIST PROCEDURE WAS ACCOMPLISHED AND THE ODOR DISSIPATED AFTER THE RT PACK WAS SHUTDOWN. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT PVD WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEM. MAINTENANCE FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE. THE AIR DISTRIBUTION FAN WAS FOUND INOPERATIVE WITH THE CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. THE AIR DISTRIBUTION FAN WAS PLACARDED INOPERATIVE. IN ADDITION, THE RT PACK WAS PLACARDED INOPERATIVE AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE.