Service difficulty report · Heater · Beech B99

Difficulty date
March 15, 2016
Submitted
March 17, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N197WA
Make and model
Beech B99
Aircraft serial
U130
Aircraft time
33,032 hours, 38,869 cycles
Part
Heater
Part number
E10D40
Part serial
9933573
Condition
Odor
Location
Zone 100
Part time
2,294 hours, 3,195 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

DURING CLIMB OUT, NOTICE A SMELL IN THE CABIN. IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED ATC OF THE SITUATION IN CASE THE CONDITION DETERIORATED. THEY ASKED IF I WAS DECLARING AN EMER, RESPONDED NOT AT THIS TIME. REQUESTED TO REMAIN AT 5,000 FEET & SAME HEADING TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE SMELL. UTILIZE THE WORD SMOKE IN MY COMMUNICATION INTENDING TO SAY AN ACRID SMELL. THE SMELL WENT AWAY RAPIDLY & NO OTHER INDICATIONS OF PROBLEMS WERE NOTED. NOTIFIED ATC THAT ALL SYS WERE OPERATING & THAT THERE WAS NO ODOR OR SMOKE IN THE CABIN. REQUESTED TO PROCEED. UPON LANDING, TURNED THE COMBUSTION HEATER ON NOTICING AN ACRID SMELL IN THE CABIN. WROTE UP THAT, THE COMBUSTION HEATER HAS AN ACRID SMELL WHEN ON, IN THE LOG BOOK.

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