SDR 96ZZZX5980

Service difficulty report · Transponder · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
November 21, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N744FX
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Aircraft serial
208B0492
Part
Transponder
Part number
066011415101
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Cockpit
Part time
405 hours
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

PILOT REPORTED ELECTRICAL SMELL IN COCKPIT, NO VISIBLE SMOKE. HE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND PROCEEDED TO ISOLATE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS. LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT WIRING, CIRCUIT BREAKERS, AND SWITCHES AND COULD FIND NO DISCREPANCIES. THE NR 2 TRANSPONDER WAS FOUND TO BE INOPERATIVE. THE FAULTY TRANSPONDER WAS REPLACED AND CERTIFIED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TEST FLOWN WITH NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED. THE AIRCRAFT IS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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