N71108
Registered owner: UNITED AIRLINES INC, IL (owner ≠ operator)
Operators of this aircraft
Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.
No operator established for this aircraft.
Accident & incident history
Maintenance disclosures
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2 reports on file, 2026-08-13 – 2026-08-14.
Part: BPSU — FAULTED (LEFT) · airframe 206 hrs · 22 cycles
ON FLIGHT 901, SFO-LHR, CABIN CREW WERE BEING CAUTIOUS DUE TO RECENT EVENT ON DEPARTURE. ODOR WAS FOOD RELATED, & WENT AWAY WITHIN A FEW SECONDS AFTER TAKE OFF. ODOR DIDN`T REOCCUR, FOUND BPCU ON LP 9960550, WHICH WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED DUE TO FAILURE. COMPLETED CONDITIONAL INSPECTION DMC-B787-05-51-99A-282A-A. OK TO CONTINUE. ELECT BUSS POWER CTRL UNIT, LEFT BUSS POWER CONTROL UNIT (BPCU) INOPERATIVE. DB 24 BPCU GATEWAY OPS (RT) UNIT, BUSS POWER OFF 78-2422-9-0002, 3312 ON 78-2422-9-0002, 0270 UNIT, BUS POWER OFF 78-2422-9-0002, 3312 ON 0000, MAT SHOWS MAINT MESSAGE 24-14632 ACTIVE & LATCHED. LT BPCU R & R IAW AMM DMC-B787-A-24-41-05-00A-720A-A. OPS NORMAL AND FAULTS CLEARED.
Part: UNKNOWN — ODOR (CABIN) · airframe 186 hrs · 20 cycles
FA SAID ELEC BURNING ODOR WHEN ENTERING THE ACFT, AFT OF DOOR 3. CONDUCTED A REVISED INTERIOR INSPECTION INSIDE THE CABIN TO CHK FOR ELECT ODOR. EXAMINED GALLEY CHILLERS AT BOTH THR FWD AND AFT SECTION FOR SIGNS OF ELECT DAMAGE & PERFORMED AN OPS CHK TO ENSURE THE CHILLER ARE FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY IAW AMM 03-25-31-98F-311A AND PERFORMED OPS CHKD CABIN AIR COMPRESSOR, NO FAULTS, NO ELECT BURNING ODOR, OPS CHKD GOOD. AIR COMPRESSOR, FINAL STEP TO VERIFY SHUT DOWN AIRCRAFT COMPLETELY DARK TO COLLECT ANY SIGN OF ELECTRIC TO BURNING ODOR, SMOKE OR FUMES IN CABIN IAW AMM B-787-A-05-51-99-99A-282A-A. ALSO ACCOMPLISHED RAM FAN AIR SYS CHK, NO FAULTS OR BURNING ODOR NOTED. UNABLE TO DUPLICATE ODOR.