Service difficulty report · Unknown · Saab 340B

Difficulty date
September 17, 2017
Submitted
September 18, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N415XJ
Make and model
Saab 340B
Aircraft serial
340B415
Aircraft time
36,382 hours, 40,018 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

COCKPIT HAD A BURNING ODOR, FA DID NOT NOTICE IN CABIN, SEEMS WORSE WITH HP VALVES OPEN. ODOR CONSTANT DURING FLIGHT LOWER ALTITUDE, THE WORSE THE ODOR. INSPECTED PNEUMATIC LINES FROM LEFT ENGINE. PERFORMED OPERATIONAL CHECK OF THE AIR DISTRIBUTION IN FLIGHT COMPARTMENT, AND OPERATION CHECKED THE AIR CONDITION SYSTEM, COULD NOT DETECT ANY BURNING ODORS, OPS CHECKED GOOD.

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