Service difficulty report · Unknown · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
August 6, 2023
Submitted
August 7, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N669MB
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145788
Aircraft time
43,472 hours, 40,181 cycles
Part
Unknown
Part number
UNKNOWN
Condition
Unknown
Location
Unknown
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
V
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

DURING GROUND STOP IN PHF WITH CREW ON A/C, WITH NO PAX ONBOARD. AIRCRAFT WAS BEING POWERED BY GPU WITH APU CURRENTLY ON MEL. AIRCRAFT REACTED AS IF GPU POWER WAS DISCONNECTED WITH NO INPUT FROM CREW OR GROUND PERSONNEL. THEN RAMP PERSONNEL NOTIFIED CREW OF A FIRE FROM GPU RECEPTACLE. CREW EVACUATED A/C AND GOT GPU DISCONNECTED FROM A/C. ONCE DISCONNECTED FIRE DISSIPATED. WHEN FIRE CREW ARRIVED AT THE A/C THEY NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE BATTERY COMPARTMENT. AS A PRECAUTION A/C MAIN BATTERIES WERE DISCONNECTED. PERFORMED DVI, FOUND OVERHEAT DAMAGE TO GPU RECEPTACLE INSERT PANEL AND A/C SKIN DIRECTLY ABOVE GPU RECEPTACLE. SEE LP 284136-2 AND -3 FOR DISCREPANCY.

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