Service difficulty report · Indicator · Boeing 7572B7

Difficulty date
June 16, 2004
Submitted
August 26, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N614AU
Make and model
Boeing 7572B7
Aircraft serial
27145
Part
Indicator
Part number
6227999003
Condition
Burned
Location
Cockpit
Part time
38,513 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, E
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

IND - FLT 625 - AT CRUISE, FL350, CREW DETECTED STRONG ELECTRICAL ODOR. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A LT ENGINE VIBRATION 3.8. AS THE CREW WAS TROUBLESHOOTING, THE F/O'S EHSI BEGAN TO FLICKER. CREW DECIDED TO DIVERT TO IND. EN ROUTE AND DESCENDING INTO IND, THE VIBRATION SUBSIDED AND THE ODOR ABATED. ON APPROACH, THE AIRCRAFT TOOK A LIGHTNING STRIKE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE F/O'S EHSI. FOR THE ENGINE VIBRATION, A CRACK WAS FOUND INT HE ELFT ENGINE SPINNER FAIRING, WHICH WAS REPLACED. (M)

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