Service difficulty report · Sensor · Bombdr BD7001A10

Difficulty date
October 21, 2011
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Bombdr BD7001A10
Aircraft time
44 hours
Engine
Rroyce BR700710A220
Part
Sensor
Part number
2F7851NSN
Condition
Shorted
Location
Water Tank
Stage of operation
CR
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) AFTER 4 HOURS INTO FLIGHT, ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR FROM CREW REST AREA WAS NOTICED. ODOR WAS CONFIRMED BY PILOTS AND CABIN SMOKE EMERGENCY PROCEDURE WAS INITIATED. AFTER PULLING GALLEY CIRCUIT BREAKERS AND TURNING RECIRC FAN OFF, SMELL DISSIPATED AND THEN CAME BACK A SECOND TIME. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE FLIGHT WAS DIVERTED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. AFTER CABIN SMOKE PROCEDURE, WE PERFORMED ELECTRICAL FIRE PROCEDURES AND THE BURNING ODOR ABATED TO A CERTAIN DEGREE UNTIL LANDING. THE LANDING AIRPORT WAS 150 NM BEHIND US AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT.