Service difficulty report · Indicator · Boeing 747451

Difficulty date
September 9, 2010
Submitted
September 10, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N672US
Make and model
Boeing 747451
Aircraft serial
30267
Aircraft time
48,296 hours, 6,050 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4056
Part
Indicator
Condition
Odor
Location
Wx Radar
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

DURING FLIGHT, THE CAPT'S RADAR DISPLAY EMITTED AN ELECTRICAL SMOKE ODOR AND BECAME ERRATIC. RADAR DISPLAY WAS SHUTOFF AND ODOR DISSIPATED. MX CONFIRMED THE WX RADAR INDICATOR AS THE SOURCE OF THE ODOR AND REPLACED IT. OPS TEST WAS GOOD.