Service difficulty report · Control Panel · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
October 11, 2009
Submitted
October 12, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N552UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
26641
Aircraft time
67,710 hours, 19,463 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Control Panel
Part number
285T05546
Part serial
344
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ELECTRICAL ODOR IN COCKPIT, FLIGHT DIVERTED. CREW REPORTED ELEC ODOR ON CAPT SIDE AROUND THE AREA OF GLARE SHIELD. INSPECTED FWD AND CENTER E&E COMPARTMENTS. FOUND NO BREAKERS OUT OR ANY ELECTRICAL ODOR. REMOVED CAPT VOR CONTROL PANEL, HAD SLIGHT BURN ODOR. INBD CAPT AND F/O AGREED THAT THIS WAS THE BURN ODOR. REPLACED VOR CONTROL PANEL.