Service difficulty report · Unknown · Beech 400A

Difficulty date
July 23, 2023
Submitted
July 27, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N671UP
Make and model
Beech 400A
Aircraft serial
RK415
Aircraft time
8,935 hours, 7,727 cycles
Part
Unknown
Part number
UNKNOWN
Condition
Unknown
Location
Unknown
Stage of operation
CL
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

SMOKE FROM COPILOT'S SIDE CABIN TRAY TABLE AREA ALONG WITH EXCESSIVE HEAT FROM COCKPIT ON COPILOT'S SIDE. A/C CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS PULLED BY PREVIOUS CREW AND DEFERRED. COMPRESSOR CB WAS NOT PULLED. FOUND THAT THE WRONG CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS DEACTIVATED DURING THE APPLICATION OF THE AIR CONDITIONING MEL. THE COMPRESSOR CONTROL CIRCUIT BREAKER SHOULD HAVE BEEN DEACTIVATED PER THE MEL, NOT THE A/C CIRCUIT BREAKER. THIS CONFIGURATION WOULD CAUSE THE TEMP CONTROLLER TO HAVE NO POWER, LEAVING THE PROPORTIONER VALVE IN FULL OPEN POSITION AND INTRODUCED HOT UNCONDITIONED AIR INTO THE SYSTEM.

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