Service difficulty report · Tsu · Boeing 737*

Difficulty date
April 9, 2008
Submitted
April 11, 2008
Operation
General aviation
Filed by
RI3R816L
GE Aviation Systems LLC
Make and model
Boeing 737*
Part
Tsu
Part number
403501
Part serial
1308
Condition
Contaminated
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

WHILE PERFORMING PRELIMINARY INSPECTION AND TROUBLESHOOTING OF THE TRANSIENT SUPPRESSION UNIT (TSU) 4035-01, S/N 1308, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE UNIT SHOWED EVIDENCE OF INTERNAL CONTAMINATION. THE CONTAMINATION APPEARS TO BE CAUSED BY MOISTURE INGRESS INTO THE UNIT. THE UNIT HAS BEEN PLACED IN QUARANTINE, AND PAH/OEM HAS BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE FINDING.