Service difficulty report · Handset · Boeing 717200

Difficulty date
January 1, 2012
Submitted
January 3, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N967AT
Make and model
Boeing 717200
Aircraft serial
55028
Part
Handset
Condition
Defective
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

AFT HAND SET AT AFT F/A STATION FELT VERY HOT, WAS SMOKING WHEN AFT FA MADE CROSS ANNOUNCEMENT. UPON INITIAL ENTRY INTO THE ACFT DID NOT SMELL ANY STRANGE ODORS ,THE AFT F/A HAND SET HAD ELECTRICAL SMELL AND VISUAL DAMAGE, DISCONNECT HANDSET FROM SYSTEM REF; AMM 23-41-07. NO OTHER ODORS WERE NOTED. PLACED AFT FA HAND SET ON MEL. ADV CHIEF INSP FOR APPROVAL TO RETURN ACFT TO SERVICE.

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