Service difficulty report · Circuit Breaker · Swrngn SA227AC

Difficulty date
May 19, 2010
Submitted
January 4, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Swrngn SA227AC
Aircraft time
30,826 hours
Engine
Garrtt TPE33111U
Propeller
Mcauly 4HFR34C652
Part
Circuit Breaker
Condition
Fod
Location
Rt C/B Panel
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

(CAN) ACFT TOOK OFF AND AFTER A SHORT PERIOD OBSERVED PROBLEMS WITH THE PRESSURIZATION, NOT PRESSURIZING, AND ELECTED TO SWITCH TO MANUAL AND NOTED THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS AFTER THAT. A SHORT TIME LATER DURING SOME TURBULENCE A LT AC BUS LIGHT ON THE ANNUNCIATION PANEL SO THEY SWITCHED TO THE 3RD INVERTER. AT THIS POINT THE CREW STARTED TO SMELL SMOKE, ELECTRICAL IN NATURE, ALTHOUGH THEY DID NOT SEE ANY. THEY ATTEMPTED TO ISOLATE THE SMELL AND ALTHOUGH DID NOT ISOLATE IT BY TURNING C/B OFF THE SMOKE SMELL DID START TO DISSIPATE. AFTER MX DID THEIR INVESTIGATION THEY FOUND A PAPERCLIP IN THE RT C/B PANEL. ONCE THE PAPERCLIP WAS REMOVED ALL SYS FUNCTIONED NORMALLY.