Service difficulty report · Odor · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
July 7, 2005
Submitted
July 14, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N687QS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605187
Aircraft time
3,671 hours, 2,863 cycles
Part
Odor
Condition
Detected
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

UPON DESCENT THROUGH 14000 FT, MFD SCREEN WENT BLANK ABRUPTLY. STRONG ODOR OF BURNED PLASTIC FILLED COCKPIT, BUT NO SMOKE DETECTED. PERFORMED USER INITIATED SELF TEST. ALL ITEMS DISPLAY PASS AND VALID. SWITCH SG FROM NORM TO SG1 AND SG 2. SELF TEST ALSO PASS/VALID. INSPECTED MFD FOR OVERHEAT/BURN ODOR. CHECKS GOOD. ALL WORK PERFORMED IAW CE 560 XL MM 34-25-01 AND 34-25-02 .SYSTEM RAN APPROX 2 HRS. NO DEFECTS FOUND.

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