Service difficulty report · Contactor · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
December 13, 2020
Submitted
December 14, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N638AE
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145172
Aircraft time
47,154 hours, 43,716 cycles
Part
Contactor
Condition
Burned
Location
Apu Line
Stage of operation
TX
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

PDIS 638 49-10 2346991 13DEC20 MDT CLOSE. WHEN PILOT TURNED ON HIS APU HE HAD SHED BUS 1 AND 2 OFF LINE FOLLOWED BY APU GEN OFF BUSS AND ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL. FACT 13DEC20 23:10 MDT. APU LINE CONTACTOR SHOWS SIGNS OF BURN DAMAGE. R & R APU LINE CONTACTOR, REF AMM 24-34-03. RAN APU FOR 30 MIN. OPERATIONS CHECK GOOD, NO ELECTRICAL SMELLS AT THIS TIME. OK FOR SERVICE.

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