SDR 2024F00037

Service difficulty report · Gyro · Cessna 441

Difficulty date
February 18, 2024
Submitted
February 18, 2024
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N92JQ
Make and model
Cessna 441
Aircraft serial
4410223
Aircraft time
13,954 hours, 12,753 cycles
Part
Gyro
Part number
UNKNOWN
Condition
Abnormal
Part time
13,953 hours, 12,753 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
I

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF AND SHORTLY AFTERWARDS THE CREW NOTICED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AND THE EMERGENCY PRESSURIZATION RED LIGHT CAME ON. THE CREW DONNED MASKS AND DEPLOYED THE MASKS FOR THE 2 PAX ONBOARD. PAX PUT MASK ON, THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC AND MADE A DESCENT INTO KARV. THE CREW FOLLOWED THE CHECKLIST AND DUMPED THE CABIN. SMOKE CLEARED OUT AND CREW MADE A VISUAL APPROACH INTO KARV WITHOUT INCIDENT WHERE THEY WERE GREETED BY AMS AND LOCAL SHERIFF DEPARTMENT. THE PILOT HELPED THE PAX OFF THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT ANY FURTHER INCIDENT. CREW AFTERWARDS NOTED THAT THE STANDBY GYRO AND HOBBS METER HAD STOPPED WORKING.

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