What was found
DURING PREFLIGHT THE CREW REPORTED AN ELECTRIC ODOR IN THE COCKPIT FROM AUTOP PANEL. MX INSPECTED THE ACFT AND R & R THE FLIGHT GUIDANCE COMPUTER, OPS TESTED WITH NO DEFECTS, ANDTHE ACFT WAS APPROVED FOR RETURN TO SERVICE.
- Difficulty date
- January 19, 2012
- Submitted
- January 20, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N17169
- Make and model
- Emb EMB145XR
- Aircraft serial
- 14500844
- Aircraft time
- 16,225 hours, 10,163 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 3460 · Flight Management Computing Hardware System
- Part
- Computer
- Part number
- 7021170951
- Part serial
- 04071431
- Condition
- Odor
- Location
- Fgc
- Part time
- 2,488 hours, 1,797 cycles
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- B
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.