SDR 2022F00436

Service difficulty report · Avionics Unit · Cessna 208A

Difficulty date
October 28, 2022
Submitted
October 31, 2022
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N803JA
Make and model
Cessna 208A
Aircraft serial
20800016
Aircraft time
22,820 hours, 26,255 cycles
Part
Avionics Unit
Part number
0110106440
Condition
Shorted
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
B, A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

CREW EXPERIENCE SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT EN ROUTE FROM MKL-ATL AND DIVERTED TO M29 IN CLIFTON, TN. UPON INSPECTION BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE SOURCE OF THE SMOKE WAS FROM AN INTERNAL SHORT IN THE GARMIN GNS 530 THE SYSTEM WAS PLACED ON MEL AND REPOSITIONED TO MEM WHERE THE GNS 530 WAS REPLACED

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