SDR DALA2015110406720

Service difficulty report · Power Supply · Boeing 717200

Difficulty date: November 3, 2015
Submitted: November 4, 2015
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N974AT
Make and model: Boeing 717200
Aircraft serial: 55034
Aircraft time: 40,259 hours, 26,745 cycles
System (JASC): 3340 · Exterior Lighting
Part: Power Supply
Condition: Overheated
Location: Beacon
Stage of operation: TX
How discovered: O
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

AFTER LANDING, DURING TAXI, F/A NOTICED ACRID, ELECTRICAL ODOR BEFORE GETTING TO RAMP. STRONG ODOR, NO VISIBLE SMOKE. BOTH ENGINES & BOTH PACKS RUNNING. AT GATE AFTER SHUTDOWN WITH BOTH PACKS ON APU ODOR WAS NOTICABLE, ODOR AT OVERWING EXIT ROW. CONFIRMED PROBLEM TO BE OVERHEATED UPPER BEACON POWER SUPPLY. REPLACED POWER SUPPLY IAW AMM 33-42-13, CKS GOOD.

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