Service difficulty report · Motor · Cessna 525

Difficulty date
July 2, 2006
Submitted
July 5, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N253CW
Make and model
Cessna 525
Aircraft serial
5250253
Aircraft time
4,219 hours, 3,617 cycles
Part
Motor
Part number
11341041
Part serial
1120
Condition
Failed
Location
Aft Fuselage
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
H, E

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

What was found

WHILE TAXIING NOTICED A SMELL OF ELECTRICAL SMOKE THAT DISSIPATED. A GREEN LIGHT FOR THE A/C SYS NOT ILLUM, & RT GENERATOR INDICATED A 10 AMP LOAD. FRESH AIR SELECTED OFF, ACFT WAS SHUT DOWN. SMELL APPEARED TO BE COMING FROM LT GENERATOR, WHEN REAR BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT DOOR WAS OPENED, COMPARTMENT WAS FULL OF SMOKE & ELECTRICAL SMELL. WHEN BATTERY ACCESSED MORE SMOKE ENCOUNTERED. AFTER CHECKING ACFT MX FOUND NO SIGNS OF FIRE, DISCOVERED A/C MOTOR HAD STOPPED, HAD STRONG ELECTRICAL SMELL. A/C MOTOR & A 100 AMP CURRENT LIMITER REPLACED. NO DEFECTS NOTED, A/C SYS OPS CHECKED. ALL OPS & INDICATIONS OF SYSTEM WERE NORMAL WHILE A/C WAS RUN WITH ALL FANS AND NO ODORS NOTED. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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