Service difficulty report · Odor · Cessna 525

Difficulty date
July 10, 2006
Submitted
July 11, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N247CW
Make and model
Cessna 525
Aircraft serial
5250247
Aircraft time
3,630 hours, 2,763 cycles
Part
Odor
Condition
Unknown
Stage of operation
CR
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

WHILE EN ROUTE, A STRONG BURNING ODOR WAS DETECTED BY BOTH CREW MEMBERS. THERE WAS NO SMOKE, NO CIRCUIT BREAKERS HAD POPPED, AND THERE WERE NO ABNORMAL COCKPIT INDICATORS. ALL NON ESSENTIAL ELECTRONICS WERE SHUT OFF, BLEED AIR SOURCE WAS SELECTED TO LT SIDE. WHILE BLEED AIR SOURCE WAS BEING SELECTED ODOR BEGAN TO DISSIPATE. AFTER ODOR WAS GONE AIR SOURCE SELECTED TO BOTH AND ELECTRONICS WERE SLOWLY TURNED BACK ON. ODOR DID NOT RETURN. THIS EVENT LASTED APPROX 4 MINS. ACFT WAS DIVERTED. MX OPERATIONALLY CHECKED AIR DISTRIBUTION SYS AC & DC GENERATION SYS, VISUALLY CHECKED ACFT BLEED AIR DUCTING & AIR CONDITIONING SYS. NO BURNING ODORS NOTED. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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