What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Narrative: shortly after departure form art, pilot smelled electrical smoke in cockpit and the yaw damper circuit breaker popped. Aircraft returned to art without incident. Aircraft was evacuated after clearing runway. Aircraft was towed to contract maintenance hangar. Problem was traced to yaw damper computer. Circuit breaker was secured and item was mel'd. yaw damper computer was replaced by mesa maintenance personnel four days later, and aircraft MEL was cleared. This incident is closed.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE FORM ART, PILOT SMELLED ELECTRICAL SMOKE IN COCKPIT AND THE YAW DAMPER CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO ART WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT WAS EVACUATED AFTER CLEARING RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO CONTRACT MAINTENANCE HANGAR. PROBLEM WAS TRACED TO YAW DAMPER COMPUTER. CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS SECURED AND ITEM WAS MEL'D. YAW DAMPER COMPUTER WAS REPLACED BY MESA MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FOUR DAYS LATER, AND AIRCRAFT MEL WAS CLEARED. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.
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