What was found
CREW REPORTS THAT THE GPU- (GROUND POWER UNIT) CAUSED ELECTRICAL SMOKE INSIDE TAIL CONE. ONCE GPU WAS DISCONNECTED SMOKE DISSIPATED. NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE HAS BEEN DISCOVERED.
- Difficulty date
- November 18, 2006
- Submitted
- November 20, 2006
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N466CW
- Make and model
- Beech 400A
- Aircraft serial
- RK366
- Aircraft time
- 2,656 hours, 2,367 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa JT15D5
- System (JASC)
- 2400 · Electrical Power System
- Part
- Gpu
- Condition
- Smoke
- Stage of operation
- TX
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- B
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.