SDR 98ZZZX4014

Service difficulty report · Motor · Braero BAE125800A

Difficulty date
September 13, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N309G
Make and model
Braero BAE125800A
Aircraft serial
NA0408
Part
Motor
Condition
Failed
Location
Cockpit
Part time
4,755 hours
Component
TBL25
Stage of operation
CL
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

DAL- ACFT DEPARTED AND WITHIN 5 MINUTES CREW NOTICED ACRID ELEC ODOR. CREW EXPERIENCED WATERY EYES AND DIFFICULTY BREATHING. CREW DONNED OXY MASKS AND RETURNED TO BASE. ACFT LANDED WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. PASSENGERS DID NOT REQUIRE OXYGEN, NOTICED ACRID ODOR. MAINT FOUND INST PANEL BLOWER LOCATED IN CENTER PEDESTAL TO BE CAUSE OF ODOR. BLOWER MOTOR IS BRAILSFORD, MODEL TBL2-5. MAINT REPLACED BLOWER MOTOR. INVEST REVEALED MOTOR POWERED BY C/B NR 41 ON C/B PANEL A. C/B IS A 5-AMP BREAKER AND LABELED 'XFER RELAY'. C/B IS LABELED INCORRECTLY AS 'C/B 21' IN RAYTHEON ARK MOD PRINT. SUBMITTER NOTED THE LT AND RT COCKPIT BLOWER MOTORS ARE BRAILSFORD, MODEL TBL2-5; HOWEVER, THEY ARE PROTECTED BY A 1-AMP C/B