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Flight crew of an medium large transport diverted to land after the cabin lavatories flush motor quit working and some cabin lights were out beyond the acceptable MEL deferred inoperative items.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 421642 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199812 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : tul |
| State Reference | OK |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 27000 msl bound upper : 27000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other other |
| Route In Use | enroute airway : zme |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 4000 |
| ASRS Report | 421642 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
After gate departure flight attendant informed me some cabin lights were inoperative. We checked circuit breakers -- ok. Left transformer rectifier appeared to be inoperative. MEL allows us to continue with 1 transformer rectifier-2 inoperative. MEL allows us to continue with said cabin lights inoperative. Adequate lighting for flight attendant safety demonstration. At cruise altitude, flight attendant told me none of the 3 lavatory flush motors worked. Circuit breakers ok. No checklist in QRH. Troubleshot system, found ground service bus was not being pwred. Diverted to tul for maintenance.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN MLG DIVERTED TO LAND AFTER THE CABIN LAVATORIES FLUSH MOTOR QUIT WORKING AND SOME CABIN LIGHTS WERE OUT BEYOND THE ACCEPTABLE MEL DEFERRED INOP ITEMS.
Narrative: AFTER GATE DEP FLT ATTENDANT INFORMED ME SOME CABIN LIGHTS WERE INOP. WE CHKED CIRCUIT BREAKERS -- OK. L TRANSFORMER RECTIFIER APPEARED TO BE INOP. MEL ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE WITH 1 TRANSFORMER RECTIFIER-2 INOP. MEL ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE WITH SAID CABIN LIGHTS INOP. ADEQUATE LIGHTING FOR FLT ATTENDANT SAFETY DEMONSTRATION. AT CRUISE ALT, FLT ATTENDANT TOLD ME NONE OF THE 3 LAVATORY FLUSH MOTORS WORKED. CIRCUIT BREAKERS OK. NO CHKLIST IN QRH. TROUBLESHOT SYS, FOUND GND SVC BUS WAS NOT BEING PWRED. DIVERTED TO TUL FOR MAINT.
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.