Service difficulty report · Unknown · Lear 35A

Difficulty date
February 15, 2017
Submitted
February 15, 2017
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N989AL
Make and model
Lear 35A
Aircraft serial
35A212
Aircraft time
20,047 hours, 13,957 cycles
Engine
Garrtt TFE7312B
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cockpit
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.

What was found

SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE, NOTICED A SLIGHT BURNING ODOR IN THE COCKPIT. LEVELED AT 8000 FEET AND SHUT OFF THE AIR CONDITIONING, COCKPIT FANS, AND MADE SURE ALL THE HEATING ELEMENTS WERE OFF. THE ODOR STARTED TO SUBSIDE, BUT SHORTLY CAME BACK STRONGER. BY THE TIME ACFT REACHED 5000 FEET, THE ODOR WAS ALMOST GONE. UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHERE THE ODOR WAS COMING FROM.

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