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Aircraft equipment problem -- flight crew loses instrument lighting due to an electrical fault and rejects their heavy weight takeoff.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 304809 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199505 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : cvg |
| State Reference | OH |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Marginal |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 7000 flight time type : 800 |
| ASRS Report | 304809 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : rejected takeoff flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Situations | |
| Airport | other physical facility |
Narrative:
Hit rough area of runway 27 (intersection runway 27/36L). Lost electrical power to captain's lighting and partial instruments. Heard and visually confirmed arcing in lower P6 panel of B727. Had smoke in cockpit. Aborted takeoff, declared emergency, had to shut down #1 engine to stop arcing, so panel showed differential fault #1 system. Situation stabilized and aircraft taxied back to hub facility where all 4 main tires went flat due to thermal plug discharge.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACFT EQUIP PROB -- FLC LOSES INST LIGHTING DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL FAULT AND REJECTS THEIR HVY WT TKOF.
Narrative: HIT ROUGH AREA OF RWY 27 (INTXN RWY 27/36L). LOST ELECTRICAL PWR TO CAPT'S LIGHTING AND PARTIAL INSTS. HEARD AND VISUALLY CONFIRMED ARCING IN LOWER P6 PANEL OF B727. HAD SMOKE IN COCKPIT. ABORTED TKOF, DECLARED EMER, HAD TO SHUT DOWN #1 ENG TO STOP ARCING, SO PANEL SHOWED DIFFERENTIAL FAULT #1 SYS. SIT STABILIZED AND ACFT TAXIED BACK TO HUB FACILITY WHERE ALL 4 MAIN TIRES WENT FLAT DUE TO THERMAL PLUG DISCHARGE.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.