What was found
BOI- WHEN ATTEMPTING TO HOOK UP GROUND POWER SMOKE APPEARED FROM RIGHT PANEL BEHIND FIRST OFFICER. REMOVED AND REPLACED EXTERNAL GROUND POWER CONTROL UNIT. OPERATIONAL CHECKS GOOD. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.
- Difficulty date
- September 5, 2002
- Submitted
- September 10, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N479AU
- Make and model
- Fokker F28MK4000
- Aircraft serial
- 11228
- Aircraft time
- 34,028 hours, 39,548 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2440 · External Power System
- Part
- Control Unit
- Part number
- 914F5824
- Part serial
- ZA559
- Condition
- Malfunctioned
- Location
- Cockpit
- Part time
- 113,520 hours, 114,093 cycles
- Stage of operation
- TX
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- B
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.