Service difficulty report · Control Panel · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
May 30, 2012
Submitted
May 30, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N643FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48486
Aircraft time
49,899 hours, 10,256 cycles
Part
Control Panel
Part number
11093401
Part serial
09400075
Condition
Burned
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CL
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

SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF, HAD AN UNCOMMANDED LIGHT ON EFB 1 (CAPTS) POWER START STOP SWITCH. IT WAS NOT SELECTED AS IT WAS ALREADY DEFERRED, POWER LIGHT WENT ON/OFF MOMENTARILY FOR ONLY FEW SEC'S. FAINT ACRID/ELECTRICAL ODOR NOTED FOR BRIEF TIME. NOTED NO SMOKE IN ANY AREA'S (COCKPIT, E&E, CARGO) ODOR DID NOT APPEAR TO BE FROM ACFT PACKS, NOR WAS ODOR IN COURIER AREA. ODOR EVENTUALLY DISAPPEARED. AS PRECAUTION PULLED CB TO EFB1. ENROUTE EFB1 START/STOP & FAULTS LIGHTS CYCLED ON/OFF BRIEFLY ON 4 OCCASIONS. REMOVED CAPTAIN'S CONNECTIVITY PANEL IAW AMM 46-20-01-4. INSTALLED EFB CONNECTIVITY UNIT IAW MM 46-20-01-4. CHECKED NORMAL. CAPTAINS EFB OPS CHECKED NORMAL IAW MM 46-20-01-5.

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