Service difficulty report · Fmc · Dhav DHC8202

Difficulty date
January 5, 2011
Submitted
January 13, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N374PH
Make and model
Dhav DHC8202
Aircraft serial
528
Aircraft time
24,998 hours, 35,168 cycles
Part
Fmc
Part number
101741111
Part serial
1106
Condition
Damaged
Location
Zone 100
Part time
991 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

DURING FLIGHT, AIRCREW NOTICED THE NR1 FMS SMOKING AND THEN FAILED. GROUND MX CREW REMOVED THE NR1 FMS, INSPECTED THE WIRING AND SURROUNDING COMPARTMENT, RE-INSTALLED THE FMS. DISCREPENCY WAS MEL'D, THE IRU-1 C/B WAS PULLED AND COLLARED. GROUND MX CREW R & R THE NR1 FMS, REMOVED C/B COLLAR AND CLOSED C/B. OPS CHECK WAS PERFORMED SATISFACTORY, ACFT WAS THEN RETURNED TO FLIGHT STATUS.