Service difficulty report · Inverter · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
November 23, 2004
Submitted
November 29, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N629DL
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
22919
Aircraft time
57,384 hours, 28,444 cycles
Part
Inverter
Part number
111101020714
Part serial
CV000175
Condition
Smoke
Location
E/E Bay
Stage of operation
CL
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

FLT 1870 ATL-GSP REPORTED SMOKE/HAZE IN THE CABIN AND AT THE SAME TIME THE STBY INVERTER STATUS MSG DISPLAYED ON THE EICAS SYSTEM. UPON ARRIVAL GSP THE CONTRACT MECH CONFIRMED A STRONG ODOR IN THE FWD E/E COMPARTMENT AND NOTED THAT THE STBY INVERTER WAS DEFINITELY THE SOURCE OF THE SMOKE/ODOR. REPLACED INVERTER.