Service difficulty report · Transceiver · Stbros SD330

Difficulty date
February 26, 2008
Submitted
February 29, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N334AC
Make and model
Stbros SD330
Aircraft serial
SH3029
Aircraft time
25,152 hours, 33,643 cycles
Part
Transceiver
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Weather Radar
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
D

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF PILOT NOTICED SMELL OF SMOKE. PILOT ASKED COPILOT TO CONFIRM WHICH HE DID. NO SMOKE INDICATION OCCURRED. COPILOT CHECKED CARGO COMPARTMENT AND NOTICED WHITE SMOKE. SMELL OF SMOKE WAS STILL PRESENT. FLIGHT CREW DECLARED AND EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO DHN. DURING DESCENT THE FLIGHT CREW NOTICED THE SMOKE HAD DISSIPATED. AFTER LANDING THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF SMOKE PRESENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND A WEATHER RADAR TRANSCEIVER INOP AND FAINT BURNT SMELL. APPARENTLY SMOKE WAS CONDENSATION, NOT SMOKE.