Service difficulty report · Smoke · Gulstm G1159A

Difficulty date
July 6, 2006
Submitted
July 12, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N50BH
Make and model
Gulstm G1159A
Aircraft serial
359
Aircraft time
10,232 hours, 4,769 cycles
Part
Smoke
Condition
Detected
Location
Galley
Part time
10,232 hours, 4,769 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
F, H

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

What was found

ON APPROACH THE FLIGHT CREW NOTICED AN ACRID SMELL, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AND EXITED THE RUNWAY WITHOUT INCIDENT AT WHICH TIME SMOKE WAS SEEN IN THE AFT GALLEY AND THE OVER COUNTER LIGHT LENS HAD OBSERVABLE FLAMES. THE PILOT REMOVED ELECTRICAL POWER FROM THE GALLEY, AND THE CO-PILOT DISCHARGED THE AFT HALON EXTINGUISHER WHICH PUT OUT THE FIRE.