SDR EIA2004150

Service difficulty report · Inverter · Boeing 747132

Difficulty date
December 19, 2004
Submitted
March 9, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N479EV
Make and model
Boeing 747132
Aircraft serial
19898
Aircraft time
10,488 hours, 26,906 cycles
Part
Inverter
Part number
TSG420101
Part serial
1848
Condition
Failed
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CR
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

STANDBY ATTITUDE TUMBLED; NO FLAG IN VIEW; INDICATOR WOULD NOT ERECT; STRONG ELEC SMELL IN COCKPIT; DECLARED EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO KJFK. REMOVED AND REPLACED INDICATOR AND INVERTER. INSPECT COCKPIT AREA FOR EVIDENCE OF ELECTRICAL SMELL. NO SUCH SMELL NOTED; SUSPECT SMELL FROM FAILED STANDBY INDICATOR.