Service difficulty report · Unknown · Cessna 750

Difficulty date
March 12, 2011
Submitted
March 16, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N792XJ
Make and model
Cessna 750
Aircraft serial
7500292
Aircraft time
2,046 hours, 1,067 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Smoke
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON INITIAL DECENT, FLT CREW NOTED A FAINT, VERY MOMENTARY BURNING ODOR IN COCKPIT. ALONG WITH ODOR, OBSERVED WHAT APPEARED TO BE A SINGLE WISP OF SMOKE COME FROM CTR CONSOLE AREA. ENTIRE EVENT WAS NO MORE THAN 3 SECONDS. CREW COMPLETED AN ASSESSMENT OF ALL ACFT SYS, ALL FLIGHT MODES STILL ENGAGED, NO BREAKERS POPPED & EVERYTHING NORMAL. ACFT IN COMPLETE WORKING ORDER & SAFE TO CONTINUE INTO DESTINATION. INSP OF ACFT SYS INCLUDING ALL COMPONENTS AND WIRING IN THE CENTER INSTRUMENT PEDESTAL FOR SIGNS OF SMOKE AND EVIDENCE OF EXCESS HEAT WAS PERFORMED. NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED. ADDITIONALLY, BOTH ACMS WERE INSPECTED AND OPERATED. NO ODOR OR EVIDENCE OF SMOKE WAS DETECTED. OPS CHECKS OF ALL SYS WERE NORMAL.

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