SDR DXTA20080815A

Service difficulty report · Cdu · Cessna 560CESSNA

Difficulty date: August 15, 2008
Submitted: May 14, 2009
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N309QS
Make and model: Cessna 560CESSNA
Aircraft serial: 5600509
Aircraft time: 8,082 hours, 6,654 cycles
System (JASC): 3460 · Flight Management Computing Hardware System
Part: Cdu
Part number: 1835501010101
Part serial: U1266
Condition: Odor
Part time: 2,149 cycles
Stage of operation: TX
How discovered: O
Nature of condition: B, S
Precautionary procedure: O

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

What was found

TURNED ON AVIONICS, FMS HAD NO SCREEN (SCREEN BLACK) AND DETECTED SMOKE, LIKE INSULATION BURNING ON WIRES. MET WITH CREW. FMS SMELLS BURNED. FMS CDU BAD ONBOARD AIRCRAFT. REMOVED FMS CDU AND INSTALLED REPAIRED UNIT. OPS CHECK WAS GOOD, UPDATED THE NAV DATABASE TO EFFECTIVE PERIOD ENDING AUG 28/08, ALL WORK DONE IAW CE-560 MM CHAP 34-62-00.