Service difficulty report · Transformer · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
November 18, 2007
Submitted
November 28, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N922DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49646
Aircraft time
52,716 hours, 41,654 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Engine time
14,664 hours, 25,822 cycles
Part
Transformer
Part serial
P80508
Condition
Burned
Location
Cabin
Part time
14,664 hours, 25,822 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
B

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

What was found

SMOKE AND FUMES IN CABIN. FOUND VARIABLE TRANSFORMER FOR LOWER SIDE WALL PANEL BAD AT AFT F/A PANEL. REMOVED AND REPLACED ON ITEM 5 TRANSFORMER HAD STRONG BURNED ELECTRICAL ODOR PERFORMED ALT DUCT BURN ON ITEM 7.

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