Service difficulty report · Relay · Boeing 7373B7

Difficulty date
April 20, 2011
Submitted
April 21, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N531AU
Make and model
Boeing 7373B7
Aircraft serial
24478
Part
Relay
Condition
Stuck
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CR
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.

What was found

PHL - IN FLIGHT, FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED AN ODOR SIMILAR TO AN ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE (COMPUTER, ETC) OVERHEATING. NO SMOKE VISIBLE. SOURCE COULD NOT BE IDENTIFIED. ODOR SEEMED TO ORIGINATE IN REAR OF AIRCRAFT AND MOVED FORWARD. NO ODOR IN COCKPIT OR FROM EYEBALL VENTS IN COCKPIT. FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE ACCOMPLISHED TROUBLSHOOTING J/C 03L00021001 AND FOUND POSSIBLE SOURCE OF SMELL COMING FROM "A" SYSTEM HYDRAULIC ELECTRIC PUMP RELAY R317 STUCK IN PRESSURIZE MODE. "A" ELECTRIC HYDRAULIC PUMP WOULD NOT TURN OFF. REPLACED R317 RELAY IAW SWPM 20-30-00. REPLACED HEPA FILTERS. OPERATIONAL CHECK OF HYDRAULIC ELECTRIC PUMP GOOD.

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