Service difficulty report · Fan · Boeing 7672B7ER

Difficulty date
July 20, 2011
Submitted
July 21, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N253AY
Make and model
Boeing 7672B7ER
Aircraft serial
24894
Aircraft time
85,487 hours, 16,224 cycles
Part
Fan
Part number
6066224
Condition
Faulty
Location
Cabin
Part time
85,277 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

GLA FLT 768 EN ROUTE PHL TO GLA. AT CRUISE GOT A STRONG ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL IN COCKPIT AND CABIN (SMELL ONLY, NO SMOKE) DID SMOKE AND FUMES QRH, SMELL DISSIPATED IN BOTH COCKPIT AND CABIN. TROUBLESHOT PER 767 CABIN AIR QUALITY PROCEDURE. NIL RELEVANT SMELLS APPARENT. AIRCRAFT RESTRICTED FROM ETOPS FLIGHT. SUBSEQUENT TO THIS ACTION, WHILE AT THE GATE, A STRONG ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL WAS NOTICED IN COCKPIT & CABIN, AFTER WINDOW HEAT AND CARGO HEAT WAS TURNED ON, WITH BOTH RECIRC FAN SWITCHES ON. RIGHT RECIRC FAN 'INOP' LIGHT / ANNUNCIATED. THE RIGHT RECIRCULATION FAN WAS PLACED ON MEL. AFTERWARDS, AFTER PUSH BACK, THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS COMPLAINED OF FUMES IN THE CABIN. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO GATE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE RIGHT RECIRCULATION FAN AND FILTER. RAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES AT IDLE WITH AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT CONFIGURATION. NIL RELEVANT SMELLS APPARENT.