What was found
SMOKE COMING OUT OF PILOTS SIDE VENT IN FLIGHT. UPON INVESTIGATION AFTER LANDING, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE LINES GOING TO THE COMPRESSOR WERE LEAKING FREON.
- Difficulty date
- November 22, 2022
- Submitted
- November 28, 2022
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N865MA
- Make and model
- Cessna 208B
- Aircraft serial
- 208B0996
- Aircraft time
- 12,577 hours, 32,463 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PT6A114A
- Engine time
- 5,640 hours, 14,426 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 8300 · Accessory Gearboxes
- Part
- Line
- Part number
- 260147112
- Condition
- Leaking
- Location
- Agb
- Stage of operation
- CR
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- B
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.