Service difficulty report · Gcu · Boeing 7374B7

Difficulty date
September 4, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N431US
Make and model
Boeing 7374B7
Aircraft serial
24553
Part
Gcu
Part number
915F2124
Condition
Failed
Location
Cockpit
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

RIC - FLT 811 - AFTER LEVEL OFF AT APPROXIMATELY FL 280, THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS REPORTED AN UNUSUAL ODOR IN THE CABIN. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, ODOR WAS NOTICED IN THE COCKPIT. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO RIC. FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND TAXIED TO THE GATE. AT THE GATE, THE NR 1 GCU CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS FOUND POPPED AND THE UNIT WAS VERY HOT AND SMELLED LIKE THE ODOR IN THE CABIN. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLCED THE NR 1 GCU AND FOUND A BURNED PIN ON CONNECTOR D410. ALSO, FOND T2 PHASE WIRE BURNED THROUGH AT SPLICE IN UPPER FORWARD PYLON BETWEEN CONNECTORS D410 AND D512P. REPAIRED AND REPLACED BURNED WIRES AND PINS. OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD. (M)

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