Service difficulty report · Ballast · Boeing 767200

Difficulty date
November 21, 2006
Submitted
December 11, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N251MY
Make and model
Boeing 767200
Aircraft serial
23280
Aircraft time
27,149 hours, 9,550 cycles
Part
Ballast
Part number
0549127
Condition
Burned
Location
Fwd Galley
Stage of operation
CR
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

ENROUTE FROM JFK TO STN THE CREW REPORTED A SMELL OF SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AREA JUST AFTER A CREW MEMBER FLUSHED THE FWD LAV. THERE WERE NO VISUAL SIGNS OF SMOKE AND NO FIRE/OVERHEAT WARNINGS. THE CREW FOLLOWED THEIR QRH PROCEDURE SWITCHED THE UTILITY BUS TO OFF. THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS ONOARD AND THE CREW DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS NOT AN ONGOING PROBLEM AND CONTINUED TO STN FROM A POINT IN THE FLIGHT WHERE A DIVERSION WOULD HAVE BEEN THE SAME DISTANCE AS CONTINUING ONTO STN. MINTENANCE IN STN TROUBLESHOT PER FIM 27-20-00, THE COCKPIT DOOR ACTUATOR, LAVATORY, GASPER FAN AND E/E COMPARTMENT WERE ALL INSPECTED WITH NO SIGNS OF ANY FAULT OR DAMAGE. ALL SYSTEMS FUNCTIONED NORMAL. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION MAIN

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