SDR MAC90502

Service difficulty report · Amplifier · Fokker F27MK500

Difficulty date
September 19, 2005
Submitted
September 19, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N705FE
Make and model
Fokker F27MK500
Aircraft serial
10367
Aircraft time
44,182 hours, 39,496 cycles
Part
Amplifier
Part number
2588423905AF
Part serial
0090680
Condition
Shorted
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR INTO FLT, THE PIC EXPERIENCED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO MIA. THE LANDING WAS WITHOUT INCIDENT. AFTER INVESTIGATION, THE CAUSE FOR THE SMOKE WAS AN INTERNAL SHORT IN THE INSTRUMENT AMP RACK. THE INSTRUMENT AMP RACK WAS REPLACED AND THE A/C RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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