What was found
DME HEAD SHORTED INSIDE CAUSING SMOKE TO BE PULLED INTO AVIONICS VENTILATION SYS AND CIRCULATED TO THE ACFT CABIN.
- Difficulty date
- September 26, 2010
- Submitted
- September 27, 2010
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N93ME
- Make and model
- Gulstm 690B
- Aircraft serial
- 11414
- Aircraft time
- 5,346 hours
- Engine
- Garrtt TPE3315
- Engine time
- 5,260 hours
- System (JASC)
- 3451 · DME/TACAN System
- Part
- Control Head
- Part number
- 6222012012
- Part serial
- 758
- Condition
- Burned
- Location
- Dme
- Part time
- 5,346 hours
- Component
- Dme · Collins
- Component part number
- 6222012012
- 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.