Service difficulty report · Switch · Casa C212CD

Difficulty date
September 7, 2011
Submitted
September 8, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N967BW
Make and model
Casa C212CD
Aircraft serial
304
Aircraft time
18,868 hours, 26,595 cycles
Part
Switch
Part number
MS3505823
Condition
Burned
Location
Panel
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

WHILE PERFORMING "BEFORE START" CHECKS WITH GPU CONNECTED AND POWERING SYS, A HEAVY ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR AND SMOKE CAME FROM OVERHEAD ELECTRICAL PANEL. CREW THEN SHUTDOWN SYSTEMS IAW COMPANY SOP'S AND ALERTED MX. MX FOUND RT AUXILLIARY FUEL PUMP QA8 SWITCH BURNED. R & R QA8 SWITCH WITH SAME PN MS35058-23. OPS CHECKED GOOD, WORK PERFORMED IAW WDM 28-21-00.