Service difficulty report · Efis · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
March 1, 2018
Submitted
March 2, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N915DE
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53420
Aircraft time
61,165 hours, 47,621 cycles
Part
Efis
Condition
Odor
Location
Cockpit
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

CAPTAIN FOUND THE FIRST OFFICER`S PFD AND ND INOPERATIVE, ADF FLICKERING AND RADIO ALTIMETER INOPERATIVE. CAPTAIN STARTED APU AND NOTED AN ELECTRICAL ODOR IN THE COCKPIT. FOUND THE COCKPIT WET. REMOVED WATER AND DRIED COCKPIT. ODOR WAS ORIGINATING FROM EFIS SYMBOL GENERATOR. REPLACED EFIS SYMBOL GENERATOR AND ADF CONTROL PANEL. ALL CHECKED NORMAL.

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