SDR 5APR577Y28

Service difficulty report · Indicator · Pilats PC1247

Difficulty date
January 19, 2010
Submitted
January 21, 2010
Operation
General aviation
Filed by
5APR577Y
Atlas Aircraft Center Inc
Aircraft
N851AF
Make and model
Pilats PC1247
Aircraft serial
851
Aircraft time
1,672 hours, 1,456 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A67B
Engine time
1,672 hours, 1,456 cycles
Propeller
Hartzl HCE4A3D
Part
Indicator
Part number
066031252500
Part serial
4247
Condition
Odiferous
Location
Cockpit
Part time
1,672 hours, 1,456 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
H, A

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

What was found

SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FLIGHT, CREW REPORTED NR 1 EHSI (ELECTRONIC HORIZONTAL SITUATION INDICATOR) WENT BLACK, AND FLIGHT DIRECTOR AND AUTOPILOT DISENGAGED. FLIGHT CREW ALSO REPORTED AN ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES, THE NR1 EHSI RETURNED TO NORMAL. FLIGHT WAS ABORTED AND THE ACFT RETURNED WITHOUT INCIDENT. R & R THE NR1 EHSI (WHICH DID HAVE AN ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR) ALONG WITH THE NR 1 SYMBOL GENERATOR AND THE AUTO PILOT MODE CONTROLLER. ALL MX WAS PERFORMED IAW MFG INSTRUCTIONS AND A TEST FLIGHT WAS SUCCESSFUL.