SDR 2011F00168

Service difficulty report · Fms · Cessna 650

Difficulty date
August 3, 2011
Submitted
August 5, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N43FC
Make and model
Cessna 650
Aircraft serial
6507087
Part
Fms
Part number
1835501020001
Part serial
1160
Condition
Failed
Part time
838 hours
Stage of operation
DE
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

WHILE ENROUTE, FLIGHT CREW SMELLED AND SAW SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. CREW HAD JUST PASSED INTERSECTION AND WERE DESCENDING TO 5000 FEET. CREW ELECTED TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERT TO THE NEAREST SUITABLE AIRFIELD. ACFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. FROM THE TIME CREW SAW SMOKE TO LANDING WAS APPROX 5 MINUTES. MX WAS NOTIFIED AND DETERMINED THE SOURCE OF THE SMOKE WAS IN THE FMS. INVESTIGATION REVELED AN INTERNAL ELECTRONIC FAILURE IN THE FMS. A NEW FMS WAS INSTALLED, PERFORMED AN OPS CHECK WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. THE ACFT WAS THEN RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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