Service difficulty report · Receiver · Dhav DHC7102

Difficulty date
December 15, 2011
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Dhav DHC7102
Aircraft time
39,822 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A50
Propeller
Hamstd 24PF305
Part
Receiver
Part number
066040340104
Condition
Failed
Location
Gps
Component
Gps · Bendix · KLN900
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) INBOUND FOR LANDING, THE NR 2 GPS SCREEN WAS SEEN TEMPORARILY GOING BLANK THAN COMING BACK ON. WITHIN A FEW SECONDS BOTH CREW MEMBERS NOTED AN ODD ODOR IN THE COCKPIT. THE NR 2 GPS WAS TURNED OFF AND THE CIRCUIT BREAKERS WERE PULLED. THE ODOR DISSIPATED. THE ACFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE SMELL WAS AN ACID ODOR. THE NR 2 GPS WAS NO LONGER FUNCTIONING. THE UNIT WAS REPLACED AND THE ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.