Service difficulty report · Circuit Breaker · Doug DC981

Difficulty date
June 23, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N13881
Make and model
Doug DC981
Aircraft serial
48045
Part
Circuit Breaker
Condition
Failed
Location
Fwd Galley
Stage of operation
AP
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 BURNING ELECTRICAL SMELL WAS DETECTED AT THE FORWARD FLIGHT ATTENDANT PANEL WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH. THERE WAS NO VISIBLE SMOKE. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT EWR WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE CIRCUIT BREAKER PANELS IN COCKPIT BEHIND JUMPSEAT AND THE E AND E COMPARTMENT WERE INSPECTED. THE ENGINES WERE RUN AND VARIOUS POWER SOURCES WERE OPERATED. NO DEFECTS WERE FOUND WITH ALL SYSTEMS CHECKING GOOD. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE COFFEEMAKER CIRCUIT BREAKER IN FORWARD GALLEY HAD SIGNS OF BURNING. THE CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED AND OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD.

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