Service difficulty report · Control Panel · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
December 22, 2010
Submitted
December 23, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N988DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53339
Aircraft time
49,391 hours, 36,177 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Part
Control Panel
Condition
Smoke
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
TX
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

WHEN CREW INITIAL POWER UP OF COCKPIT AN ACRID AND WHITE SMOKE EMITTED FROM CAPTAINS SIDE FMA. C/B WAS PULLED AND SMOKE DISAPPEARED. MX CONFIRMED SOURCE OF SMOKE & ODOR WAS FROM CAPTAIN FMA PANEL. NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS NOTED. THE CAPTAINS FMA WAS REPLACED IAW AMM 22-17-00-201. FMA OPERATES NOW NORMAL AND ACFT IS OK FOR SERVICE.

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