Service difficulty report · Acars · Boeing 767332

Difficulty date
December 23, 2017
Submitted
December 27, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N199DN
Make and model
Boeing 767332
Aircraft serial
28456
Aircraft time
88,692 hours, 12,698 cycles
Part
Acars
Condition
Failed
Stage of operation
NR
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

45 MINUTES PRIOR TO LANDING, SMELLED AN ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR, NOTICED THE DATALINK MGMT UNIT CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD TRIPPED AND THE ACARS UNIT SCREEN HAD GONE BLANK. ACARS REMAINED UNRESPONSIVE FOR REMAINDER OF THE FLIGHT. ACARS MGT COMPUTER ODOR OF ELECTRICAL BURNING. ACARS MGT COMPUTER SECURED IN RACK E2-5. CIRCUIT BREAKER PULLED AND COLLARED AS FOLLOWS P11-G06,P11-G33 AND P6-G05. REPLACED ACARS MANAGEMENT UNIT.