Service difficulty report · Cooling Fan · Fokker F27MK600

Difficulty date
March 13, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N741FE
Make and model
Fokker F27MK600
Aircraft serial
10387
Part
Cooling Fan
Part number
B66182
Condition
Burned Out
Location
Radio Rack
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
B, H
Precautionary procedure
A, O, H

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

What was found

EN ROUTE TO YVR, PILOT REPORTED A FAINT ODOR OF SOMETHING BURNING. HE TURNED ON COCKPIT LIGHT AND SAW A LIGHT HAZE OF SMOKE IN THE COCKIT. AT APPROX THE SAME TIME, CAPT STATED THE NR 1 INVERTED FAILED, HE SHUT THE SWITCH OFF AND TRIED NR 2 INVERTER, IT WAS ALSO INOP. THE EMERG INVERTER SELECTED AND FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. CAPT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND ELECTED TO LAND AT MFR. ACFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEMS. MX TROUBLESHOT ACFT A/C ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. MECHANIC FOUND RADIO RACK COOLING FAN SEIZED AND THE NR 1 STATIC INVERTER INOP. MX REPLACED NR 1 INVERTER, DEFERRED RADIO COOLING FAN. ACFT RUN FOR A SYSTEMS CHECK, ALL SYSTEMS FUNCTION CHECKED GOOD. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. (X)

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