What was found
PILOT REPORTED SMOKE OUT OF IGNITION SWITCH DURING START UP. INVESTIGATION FOUND THE STARTER SWITCH HAD INTERNALLY ARCED ACROSS THE CONTACTS.
- Difficulty date
- December 16, 2015
- Submitted
- December 16, 2015
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N864AF
- Make and model
- Grob G120A
- Aircraft serial
- 85004
- Aircraft time
- 7,948 hours
- Engine
- Lyc AEIO540D4D5
- Engine time
- 749 hours
- Propeller
- Hartzl HCC3YR
- System (JASC)
- 7430 · Ignition Switching
- Part
- Ignition Switch
- Part number
- 103572101
- Part serial
- H10D
- Condition
- Failed
- Part time
- 1,252 hours, 1,252 cycles
- Stage of operation
- TX
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- B
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.