Service difficulty report · Radar Indicator · Boeing 767201

Difficulty date
November 6, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N650US
Make and model
Boeing 767201
Aircraft serial
23902
Part
Radar Indicator
Part number
20412222454
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Cockpit
Part time
30,900 hours
Stage of operation
CR
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

TER - FL 11 EN ROUTE MAD-PHL, CREW NOTED AN ACCUMULATION OF SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT WHICH WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. CREW COULD NOT ISOLATE THE PROBLEM, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO TER. AS THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED, THE SMOKE ABATED. FLIGHT LANDED WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE WEATHER RADAR INDICATOR WAS THE PROBLEM. (M)