Service difficulty report · Connector · Saab 340B

Difficulty date
October 28, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N338SB
Make and model
Saab 340B
Aircraft serial
340B338
Part
Connector
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Nr 2 Hot Jug
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED SMELLING AN ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL AT THE NR 2 HOT JUG. UPON INVESTIGATION, MAINTENANCE FOUND THE EXTERIOR OF THE WATER JUG SOAKED WITH WATER AND WATER IN THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION. THE JUG AND THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION WERE DRIED WITH NO FURTHER PROBLEMS NOTED.

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