Service difficulty report · Beacon · Boeing 7374B7

Difficulty date
May 22, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N426US
Make and model
Boeing 7374B7
Aircraft serial
24548
Part
Beacon
Part number
3008375
Condition
Failed
Location
Upper Fuselage
Part time
23,997 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

JAX - FLT 1023 - EN ROUTE FROM PHL TO MIA, CREW REPORTED THE RIGHT PACK TEMPERATURE INDICATION READ 200 DEGREES ALL THE TIME. CREW ALSO REPORTED THE UPPER ANTI-COLLISION BEACON CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS FOUND OPEN AND WHEN AN ATTEMPT TO RESET THE BREAKER WAS ACCOMPLISHED, THE BREAKER RE-OPENED CAUSING SMOKE TO APPEAR IN THE PASSENGER MID-CABIN. FLIGHT DIVERTED TO JAX AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE RIGHT PACK TEMPERATURE BULB (P/N MS528034-1). OPERATIONAL CHECK OF RIGHT PACK NORMAL. MAINTENANCE DETERMINED THE SMOKE TO COME FROM A FAILED UPPER ANTI-COLLISION BEACON. OPERATIONAL CHECK NORMAL. (X)

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