Service difficulty report · Acm · Cessna 750

Difficulty date
February 21, 2011
Submitted
February 24, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N780XJ
Make and model
Cessna 750
Aircraft serial
7500280
Aircraft time
1,791 hours, 889 cycles
Part
Acm
Part number
73838433
Part serial
200204182
Condition
Seized
Location
Zone 200
Part time
1,474 hours, 736 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
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

DURING CRUISE AT FL430, THE FLIGHT CREW DETECTED A "BURNING ELECTRICAL" TYPE OF ODOR IN THE AFT COCKPIT/FORWARD CABIN AREA. THE CREW INITIATED THE APPROPRIATE CHECKLIST AND UPON COMPLETION, THE ODOR HAD DISSIPATED. A DEAD-HEADING CREW SEARCHED THE CABIN AREAS FOR ANY POSSIBLE PROBLEMS, NOTHING WAS FOUND. THE DECISION TO DIVERT INTO ICT WAS MADE AND AN EMERGENCY DECLARED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH NO FURTHER ISSUES. SERVICE CENTER WAS CONTRACTED TO INSPECT AND REPAIR THE AIRCRAFT. AN EXTENSIVE INSPECTION OF CABIN AND COCKPIT ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS REVEALED NO DISCREPANCIES. IT WAS LATER DISCOVERED THAT THE COCKPIT AIR CYCLE MACHINE HAD SEIZED.

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