Service difficulty report · Unknown · Lear 45LEAR

Difficulty date
January 7, 2022
Submitted
January 13, 2022
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N557LM
Make and model
Lear 45LEAR
Aircraft serial
379
Aircraft time
1,460 hours, 1,442 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cabin/Cockpit
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

PILOT REPORTS POSSIBLE EVIDENCE OF SMOKE IN CABIN/COCKPIT ON TAKEOFF FROM BETHEL. REPORT FROM CREW WAS THERE WAS NO SMOKE SMELL OR BURNING SMELL ASSOCIATED. SAID IT WAS MORE OF A "GRAPHITE" SMELL/TASTE. ONCE THIS WAS NOTATED, CREW LANDED THE AIRCRAFT. MAINT PERSONNEL PERFORMED GROUND RUNS FOR APPROX 45 MINS WHILE UTILIZING ANY HEAT SOURCES, ELECTRICAL LOADS (TO INCLUDE MEDICAL BEDS), AND NUMEROUS POWER SETTINGS. NO ISSUES WERE NOTED. UNABLE DO DUPLICATE ANY SMOKE LIKE SMELLS (INCLUDING GRAPHITE) OR VISUALS. AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED FROM MAINT AND CHECK FLIGHT WAS SATISFACTORY WITH NO ISSUES. ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED: 1/7/22.