B767 crew diverts to mia due to electrical failure.

Attributes
ACN	435252
Time
Date	199904
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mia.airport
State Reference	FL
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zma.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty oversight : flight attendant in charge
Qualification	flight attendant : currently qualified
ASRS Report	435252
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : pax3
Resolutory Action	flight crew : landed as precaution flight crew : diverted to another airport
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Cabin Crew Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Passenger informed me of fire sparks coming out of door side panel by 3A when passenger tried to start the entertainment video. I informed captain immediately. Captain disconnected the wires to stop fire. Later on, captain informed me that we would divert to miami because the cockpit instruments were also failing to work due to an electrical failure.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B767 CREW DIVERTS TO MIA DUE TO ELECTRICAL FAILURE.

Narrative: PAX INFORMED ME OF FIRE SPARKS COMING OUT OF DOOR SIDE PANEL BY 3A WHEN PAX TRIED TO START THE ENTERTAINMENT VIDEO. I INFORMED CAPT IMMEDIATELY. CAPT DISCONNECTED THE WIRES TO STOP FIRE. LATER ON, CAPT INFORMED ME THAT WE WOULD DIVERT TO MIAMI BECAUSE THE COCKPIT INSTS WERE ALSO FAILING TO WORK DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE.

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.