SDR 020108A

Service difficulty report · Sensor · Lear 36LEAR

Difficulty date
February 15, 2008
Submitted
February 16, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N71PG
Make and model
Lear 36LEAR
Aircraft serial
013
Aircraft time
15,863 hours, 7,049 cycles
Part
Sensor
Part number
66083171
Condition
Burned
Location
Cockpit
Part time
635 hours, 235 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

ON THE CLIMB 4' CREW SMELL OF BURNING WIRES, AND SMOKE RISING FROM CAPTAIN BREAKER PANEL. CREW ELECTED TO COME BACK AND LAND AT ATL. THE EL LIGHT CIRCUIT CB WAS PULLED, & MEL DUE TO FAULTY CB. SEEMED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. DEPARTED AGAIN, ABOUT 10 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT CREW NOTICE THE SMELL, AND SMOKE COMING FROM THE CAPTAIN SIDE CB PANEL AREA. AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED TO HOME BASE VPC, AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED ON EITHER INFLIGHT ABORTS.