# SDR 2026FA0000676

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: August 20, 2026
- Submitted: September 2, 2026
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N301PT](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N301PT), registered now
- Make and model: Beech A200C
- Registry model: [Beech A200C](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a200c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: BP028
- Aircraft time: 21,796 hours, 20,874 cycles
- Engine: Pwa PT6A41
- Propeller: Hartzl HCD4N3A
- System (JASC): [2400 · Electrical Power System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/2400)
- Part: Motor
- Part number: 1005240731
- Part serial: 9703
- Condition: Burned Out
- Part time: 59 hours, 62 cycles
- Stage of operation: CL
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: B
- Precautionary procedure: B, A
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2026FA0000676

## Discrepancy

CAPTAIN WAS PILOT FLYING. N301PT DEPARTED ANC FOR IGG. WHILE IN THE CLIMB AT ABOUT 7,000FT, SMOKE COULD BE SMELLED INSIDE THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT LEVELED OFF AND NOTIFIED ANC OF THE SMELL AND REQUESTED TO RETURN TO ANC. AT THIS POINT THERE WAS NO SMOKE. AIRCRAFT WAS VECTORED TOWARDS ANC. WHILE BEING VECTORED, THE PASSENGERS NOTIFIED THE PILOT THAT SMOKE WAS COMING OUT OF THE FLOORBOARDS. CAPTAIN THEN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND PROCEEDED DIRECT TO ANC AIRPORT. SHORTLY AFTER TURNING TO ANC, THE SMOKE DISSIPATED. N301PT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. UPON INSPECTION BY MAINTENANCE TEAM, DISCOVERED THE FLAP MOTOR BURNT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED FLAP MOTOR WITH A KNOWN SERVICEABLE UNIT. RIGGING AND OPS CHECK SATISFACTORY. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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