# SDR 96ZZZM1234

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: June 4, 1996
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N129GP](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N129GP), registered now
- Make and model: Beech 1900C
- Registry model: [Beech 1900C](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-1900c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: UC114
- System (JASC): [3442 · Weather Radar System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/3442)
- Part: Radar Indicator
- Part number: 6225941001
- Condition: Failed
- Location: Cockpit
- Component: Collins
- Stage of operation: CR
- Nature of condition: B
- Precautionary procedure: A, I
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96ZZZM1234

## Discrepancy

PLANE IN CRUISE FLT AT 18,000, SMOKE IS NOTICED COMING FROM CENTER OF AVIONICS PANEL.  DESCENDED TO 6,000 FEET AND DUMPED CABIN PRESSURE WHILE TURNING OFF SYSTEMS, SMOKE DISSIPATES, IT SEEMS TO HAVE COME FROM WEATHER RADAR INDICATOR TOP AREA AND ABOVE ALTITUDE ALERTER.  PLANE DECLARES EMERGENCY AND LANDS AT BLUE FIELD W. VA.  MAINTENANCE FOUND THE RADAR INDICATOR WEATHER HAD AN INTERNAL SHORT.  (M)

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