What was found
5602-STL- DURING ENGINE START, HEARD LOUD BANG. SMOKE COMING FROM BEHIND F/O. SMELLED ELECTRICAL. MAINTENANCE REPAIRED THE GROUND PANEL OF THE GPU RECEPTACLE, IAW ATR SRM.
- Difficulty date
- January 24, 2002
- Submitted
- January 28, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N722TE
- Make and model
- Aerosp ATR72202
- Aircraft serial
- 220
- Aircraft time
- 20,841 hours, 23,347 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2440 · External Power System
- Part
- Panel
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- External Power
- Stage of operation
- TX
- 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.