Service difficulty report · Heater · Lear 31A

Difficulty date
August 31, 2021
Submitted
September 2, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N645HA
Make and model
Lear 31A
Aircraft serial
129
Aircraft time
8,896 hours, 7,881 cycles
Part
Heater
Part number
54195560155
Part serial
UNKNOWN
Condition
Burned Out
Location
Rear Cabin Bagga
Part time
8,896 hours, 7,881 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
G, B, A

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

What was found

CREW SMELLED AN ODOR, TOOK ACTIONS TO ISOLATE SOURCE, ODOR CONTINUED FOLLOWED BY SMOKE IN THE REAR CABIN BAGGAGE AREA. SWITCH TO EMERGENCY BUSS AND PUT ON O2 MASKS, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND CONTINUED TO LOAD SHED ITEMS UNTIL SMOKE SUBSIDED. LANDED SAFELY AT KJAN. MAINTENANCE FOUND DAMAGED WIRING AT THE RH AUX HEATING ELEMENT. THE INSULATION THAT WAS ABOVE THE RH AUX HEATING ELEMENT WAS DAMAGED WHICH WAS THE CAUSE OF THE SMOKE/SMELL IN THE AIRCRAFT. MAINTENANCE FOUND OVERHEATED RH AUX HEATER TO BE SOURCE OF SMOKE/ODOR.

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