SDR GTIA2016031401484

Service difficulty report · Static Inverter · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date: March 14, 2016
Submitted: March 15, 2016
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N622NK
Make and model: Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial: 5804
Aircraft time: 9,796 hours, 4,430 cycles
System (JASC): 3411 · Pitot/Static System
Part: Static Inverter
Part number: 100201021830
Part serial: AA11135835
Condition: Inoperative
Location: Cockpit
Stage of operation: CR
How discovered: O
Nature of condition: B, J
Precautionary procedure: B, A

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

What was found

AT FL 340 THERE WAS A VERY STRONG ODOR OF SMOKE, FOLLOWED BY TRIGGER OF THE AVIONICS SMOKE ECAM. PERFORMED TSM 05-50-00-810-831-A. PERFORMED TSM 26-15-00-810-804-A. FOUND STATIC INVERTER, 3NA INOPERATIVE. STATIC INVERTER REMOVED IAW AMM 25-18-51. AND IDENTIFIED AS THE REASON FOR STRONG ODOR, ELECTRICAL, IN ACFT. INSTALLED STATIC INVERTER IAW AMM 25-18-51. BITE TEST GOOD.

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