What was found
PIA-7121-ELECTRICAL SMOKE COMING FROM INSTRUMNET PANEL, AIRCRAFT ON GROUND AT GATE. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND FOUND INSTRUMENT PANEL ADU (DISPLAY UNIT) CAUSING ELECTRICAL SMOKE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE ADU.
- Difficulty date
- August 8, 2001
- Submitted
- August 9, 2001
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N421TE
- Make and model
- Aerosp ATR42300
- Aircraft serial
- 102
- Aircraft time
- 29,344 hours, 29,518 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 3160 · Central Display
- Part
- Display
- Part number
- 7003652902
- Part serial
- 87100700
- Condition
- Failed
- Location
- Inst Pnl
- Part time
- 5,912 hours, 6,175 cycles
- 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.