Service difficulty report · Heater · Skrsky S76C

Difficulty date
December 7, 2011
Submitted
December 12, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N860AL
Make and model
Skrsky S76C
Aircraft serial
760527
Aircraft time
6,904 hours, 12,525 cycles
Part
Heater
Condition
Contaminated
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
C, B
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

AT TAKEOFF, WITH ALL CABIN HEAT ON, SOME SMOKE IN CABIN WITH A CHEMICAL ODOR. TAKEOFF ABORTED WITHOUT INCIDENT. INSPECTED ACFT HEATER SYS, FOUND ENGINE WASH FLUID ODOR PRESENT. GROUND RUN ACFT WITHOUT HEATER, NO SMOKE OR ODOR NOTED. TURNED HEATER ON UNTIL ODOR HAD DISSIPATED, NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED, OPS CHECK FLIGHT REQUIRED.