What was found
CREW REPORTED THAT WHEN THEY GOT TO THE ACFT TO DO THEIR PREFLIGHT THE COCKPIT WAS FULL OF SMOKE. STATIC INVERTER APPEARS OVERHEATED, NOISY. REPLACED STATIC INVERTER. TESTED NORMALLY, NO EVIDENCE OF HEAT DAMAGE IN AREA.
- Difficulty date
- July 19, 2010
- Submitted
- August 9, 2010
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N818UA
- Make and model
- Airbus A319131
- Aircraft serial
- 882
- Aircraft time
- 40,874 hours, 15,935 cycles
- Engine
- Iae V2522A5
- System (JASC)
- 2422 · AC Inverter
- Part
- Static Inverter
- Part number
- 418800
- Part serial
- M89562343
- Condition
- Overheated
- Location
- Cockpit
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- B
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.