SDR USAAD00185

Service difficulty report · Fan · Doug DC981

Difficulty date
December 1, 2000
Submitted
January 10, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N828US
Make and model
Doug DC981
Aircraft serial
48028
Part
Fan
Part number
6054577
Condition
Seized
Location
Cabin
Part time
61 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

MCO-PIT - FLT 1600 - DURING CRUISE, THERE WAS A STRONG ODOR OF BURNED WIRING WITH A SLIGHT HAZE IN THE AIR. THE CAPTAIN SUSPECTED THIS WAS RESIDUAL ODORS FROM AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM AT THE GATE IN MCO WHEN THE A-PHASE CIRCUIT BREAKER OR THE EXTERNAL POWER POPPED. THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO CLT AS A PRECAUTION AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE MAIN RECIRCULATION FAN. (M)

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