A B767-300 ON TKOF CLB DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERTED DUE TO LOSS OF MAIN ELECTRIC TRIM AND FLAP CTL CAUSED BY A CB TRIP.
Synopsis
A B767-300 ON TKOF CLB DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERTED DUE TO LOSS OF MAIN ELECTRIC TRIM AND FLAP CTL CAUSED BY A CB TRIP.
Narrative
ON TKOF AT ZZZ; THE LEFT DC SEC 2 CB TRIPPED CAUSING HE LOSS OF 31 ACFT SYSTEMS. FLT IMMEDIATELY DIVERTED TO ZZZ1 DUE TO WX IN ZZZ. EMER DECLARED. LNDG UNEVENTFUL. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH THE RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATE ON TAKEOFF CLIMB THE FO RPTED THE AIRPLANE WAS TRIMMING NOSE DOWN AND THE MAIN ELECTRIC TRIM WAS INOPERATIVE. THE RPTR SAID THE FO REQUESTED THE CAPT TO TAKE OVER WHICH HE DID USING THE AUXILIARY TRIM SYSTEM TO ESTABLISH A NORMAL CLIMB. THE RPTR CHKED THE COCKPIT AND FOUND SEVERAL SYSTEMS INOPERATIVE AND THEN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED. THE RPTR STATED WHEN CHKING THE CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL IT WAS FOUND THE LEFT DC BUS SECTION 2 CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED. THE RPTR SAID THIS CIRCUIT BREAKER FEEDS TWELVE SEPARATE SYSTEMS AN NON OF THE INDIVIDUAL SYSTEM BREAKERS WERE FOUND TRIPPED. THE RPTR STATED THE MAIN ELECTRIC TRIM WAS OPERATIVE PRIOR TO TAKEOFF AND THE TRIM WAS SET FOR THE CORRECT WEIGHT AND BALANCE. THE RPTR STATED THE CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS NOT RESET UNTIL MAINT WORKED THE AIRPLANE. THE RPTR SAID MAINT FOUND NOTHING AS ALL TWELVE SYSTEM BREAKERS WERE SET AND OPERATED NORMALLY. THE RPTR STATED THE CIRCUIT BREAKER C883 WAS REMOVED FOR INVESTIGATION. THE RPTR SAID THE AIRPLANE WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE AND OPERATED NORMALLY.
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