Service difficulty report · Unknown · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
July 25, 2011
Submitted
July 27, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N565RP
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145679
Aircraft time
21,884 hours, 17,865 cycles
Engine
Allsn AE3007A
Engine time
23,466 hours, 20,067 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cockpit & Cabin
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

CREW REPORTED THAT DURING DESCENT, AT FL200, AN ELECTRICAL SMOKE ODOR ENTERED THE COCKPIT AND CABIN. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. AFTER APPROXIMATELY TEN MINUTES THE SMELL DISSIPATED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND WAS FOLLOWED BY EMERGENCY PERSONNEL TO THE GATE. FIRE EMERGENCY CREWS USED A THERMAL IMAGING DEVICE TO LOOK FOR FIRE IN THE COCKPIT. NO FIRES WERE FOUND AT THAT TIME. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND NO DEFECTS WERE FOUND. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE AND HAS HAD NO FURTHER OCCURRENCES AT THIS TIME.

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