Service difficulty report · Element · Cessna 750

Difficulty date
October 4, 2009
Submitted
October 5, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N700LX
Make and model
Cessna 750
Aircraft serial
7500038
Aircraft time
10,141 hours, 6,408 cycles
Part
Element
Condition
Burned
Location
Drain Mast
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
A
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

DURING TROUBLESHOOTING OF AN UNRELATED DISCREPANCY, MX SMELLED BURNING ODOR. UPON FURTHER INSP, MX FOUND THE GALLEY DRAIN MAST ON FIRE. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED. MX FOUND THE FIBERGLASS HEATING ELEMENT HAD OVERHEATED AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. MX REPLACED THE HEATING ELEMENT AND DRAIN TUBE.

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