What was found
FLIGHT 8695 LOG PAGE 160808. COMPONENT SMOKE ON DOWNWIND TO LANDING. SMOKE WAS OBSERVED COMING FROM NR 1 TRANSPONDER & BURNING WIRES WERE SMELLED, FAILED MSG APPEARED ON THE DISPLAY. TRANSPONDER WAS TURNED OFF & THE ACFT LANDED.
- Difficulty date
- April 1, 2016
- Submitted
- April 4, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N940FE
- Make and model
- Cessna 208B
- Aircraft serial
- 208B0040
- Aircraft time
- 11,843 hours, 16,405 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 3452 · ATC Transponder System
- Part
- Transponder
- Part number
- 0110045570
- Part serial
- 84215045
- Condition
- Smoke
- Location
- Cockpit
- Part time
- 11,843 hours, 16,405 cycles
- Stage of operation
- AP
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- B, J
- Precautionary procedure
- H
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.