Service difficulty report · Acm · Cessna 750

Difficulty date
May 16, 2017
Submitted
May 19, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N772XJ
Make and model
Cessna 750
Aircraft serial
7500272
Aircraft time
10,829 hours, 5,284 cycles
Part
Acm
Part number
73838433
Part serial
200205123A
Condition
Failed
Location
Ac Bay
Part time
4,078 hours, 1,883 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

WHILE ON DESCENT AT APPROXIMATELY FL300, BOTH CREW MEMBERS REPORTED SMELLING A STRONG BURNT ELECTRICAL ODOR, AT WHICH TIME THEY TURNED OFF THE INTERIOR MASTER AND WIFI AS A PRECAUTION. CREW NOTIFIED ATC THAT THEY DIDN’T SEE ACTIVE SMOKE, BUT DO SMELL AN ODD ODOR AND REQUESTED DESCENT. THE SOURCE OF THE ELECTRICAL SMELL COULD NOT BE IDENTIFIED, BUT THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF AN ACTIVE FIRE. DURING APPROACH THE ODOR RETURNED, SO THE COCKPIT PAC WAS TURNED OFF WHICH SEEMED TO HAVE HELPED ALLEVIATE THE SMELL. AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN KLAS. MAINTENANCE FOUND A FAILED COCKPIT ACM AS THE SOURCE OF THE ODOR. ACM WAS REPLACED WITH NEW; LEAK AND OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE NORMAL. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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