What was found
LEFT GENERATOR FAILED INFLIGHT AND WOULD NOT RESET. PRIOR TO FAILURE, THERE WAS A BURNING ODOR COMING FROM THE VENTS IN THE COCKPIT, SMELL DISSIPATED AFTER GENERATOR WAS OFF-LINE.
- Difficulty date
- November 8, 2012
- Submitted
- November 9, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N309AK
- Make and model
- Beech 400A
- Aircraft serial
- RK348
- Aircraft time
- 4,790 hours, 4,463 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2421 · AC Generator-Alternator
- Part
- Generator
- Condition
- Failed
- Location
- Left
- Stage of operation
- CR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- H, B
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.