SDR 200301

Service difficulty report · Regulator · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
January 15, 2003
Submitted
January 20, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N95NA
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Aircraft serial
208B0666
Aircraft time
3,868 hours, 7,823 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6*
Part
Regulator
Part number
1H7514
Part serial
1AN103
Condition
Binding
Location
Zone 400
Part time
3,868 hours, 7,823 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
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

DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, PILOT NOTICED A BURN ODOR IN COCKPIT. PILOT THEN NOTED THAT DOOR POST TRIM PANEL WAS DISCOLORED. RETURNED TO AIRPORT AND NOTIFIED MECHANIC. MECHANIC FOUND THE PRESSURE REGULATOR TO BE FAULTY. FURTHER INVESTIGATION LED TO REPLACEMENT OF THE PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE AND ALL THREE DEICE SOLENOIDS (PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE). PERFORMED MECHANIC FLIGHT AFTER, NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED.

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