Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
August 18, 2010
Submitted
August 23, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N996FE
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Aircraft serial
208B0135
Aircraft time
9,938 hours, 12,101 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Part number
261850011RX
Part serial
564
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Electrical Sys
Part time
1,965 hours, 2,426 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
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

FLIGHT WIG046A DEPARTED MHT-MVY NORMALLY. WHILE CLIMBING THRU 4500 FEET THE PILOT NOTED ELECTRICAL FUMES. THE PILOT DID NOT NOTICE SMOKE BUT ELECTED TO RETURN TO MHT AS A PRECAUTION AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE EVALUATED THE AIRCRAFT AND DETERMINED THAT THE ACU HAD FAILED. THE PART WAS REPLACED AND OPERATIONALLY TESTED GOOD. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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