Service difficulty report · Gasper Fan · Boeing 717200

Difficulty date
May 12, 2018
Submitted
May 16, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N977AT
Make and model
Boeing 717200
Aircraft serial
55036
Aircraft time
45,500 hours, 30,921 cycles
Part
Gasper Fan
Condition
Odor
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

THE FLIGHT WAS DIVERTED TO RDU DUE TO A REPORTED ELECTRICAL ODOR IN THE FIRST CLASS AREA. NO SMOKE OR HAZE WAS VISIBLE AND EVEN WITH THE GALLEY POWER ISOLATED, THE ODOR WAS STILL PRESENT. THE CREW DID DECLARE AN EMERGENCY FOR THE DIVERSION. CORRECTIVE ACTION: MAINTENANCE FOUND THAT THE GASPER FAN WAS EMITTING THE ODOR THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM AND REPLACED THE FAN (WHICH WAS ALREADY ON MEL AT THE TIME).

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