Service difficulty report · Transponder · Airbus A320214

Difficulty date
December 20, 2012
Submitted
January 11, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N627VA
Make and model
Airbus A320214
Aircraft serial
2851
Aircraft time
20,889 hours, 6,219 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM565B4P
Part
Transponder
Part number
066011271402
Part serial
10294
Condition
Faulty
Location
Atc
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AT FL320, ABOUT 45 MIN INTO FLIGHT, CREW SMELLED BURNING LIKE WIRING AND THEN SAW SMOKE COME INTO COCKPIT. RECEIVED AVIONICS SMOKE MSG ECAM, FOLLOWED ECAM AND QRH PROCEDURE WHICH INCLUDED PLACING BLOWER FAN IN OVERRIDE POSITION AND SMOKE AND SMELL DISSIPATED. AT THIS TIME ACFT DIVERTED WHERE EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND ACFT LANDED AND TAXIIED TO GATE WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX FOUND SMELL OF SMOKE IN AVIONICS COMPARTMENT BUT NO EVIDENCE OF ANY DEFECTIVE EQUIPMENT OR POPPED CB`S OR SMELL OF SMOKE ANYWHERE ELSE IN ACFT. ACFT HAD 1 MEL THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY ADDED FOR ATC FAIL LIGHT ON TRANSPONDER 2 WHICH WAS APPLIED ON 12/18/12, MEL 34-52-01-02. MX, WHEN REPLACING TRANSPONDER NR2 IAW MEL FOUND TRANSPONDER BOX TO HAVE A BURNING SMELL COMING FROM IT AS WELL AS NO POWER EVEN THOUGH BREAKER NOT POPPED. THIS APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN ORIGINAL SOURCE OF SMOKE REPORTED BUT SINCE WAS ON MEL SYSTEM WAS NOT CHECKED FOR FUNCTION AND BREAKER NOT POPPED. BLOWER FAN WAS ALSO REPLACED AND IFE SYS CHECKS WITH NO FINDINGS.

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