Service difficulty report · Diode · Dhav DHC8301

Difficulty date
August 24, 2006
Submitted
December 4, 2006
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Dhav DHC8301
Aircraft time
36,755 hours
Engine
Pwa PW123
Propeller
Hamstd 14SF15
Part
Diode
Condition
Burned
Location
Wx Radar System
Part time
26,789 hours
Component
Radar · Honeywell
Component part number
MI5853512
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
G

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

What was found

(CAN) ON DECENT THROUGH 10,000 FEET, F/O NOTICED A HAZY SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. BOTH THE CAPTAIN AND THE F/O BEGAN TO FEEL A BURNING SENSATION IN THEIR THROATS. THEY DONNED THEIR OXYGEN MASKS AND REQUESTED A VISUAL DIRECT APPROACH. THERE WAS A DEFINITE ELECTRICAL SMELL IN THE COCKPIT. THE CABIN HAD A SLIGHT ODOR BUT NOT RECOGNIZABLE. PASSENGERS WERE UNAWARE OF THE SITUATION, NO PASSENGER REACTION. CREW DID NOT DECLARE AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED WEATHER RADAR INDICATOR TO BE AT FAULT. WEATHER RADAR INDICATOR AND TRANSMITTER/RECEIVER REPLACED AND TESTED SERVICEABLE. AIRCRAFT SUCCESSFULLY TEST FLOWN PRIOR TO RETURN TO SERVICE. INDICATOR HAD 865:02 HOURS AND 830 L