Service difficulty report · Unknown · Gulstm 200

Difficulty date
March 8, 2009
Submitted
March 9, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N729QS
Make and model
Gulstm 200
Aircraft serial
118
Aircraft time
3,191 hours, 1,955 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
TX
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

DURING THE AFTERSTART CHECKLIST A STRONG ELECTRICAL ODOR WAS NOTED IN THE COCKPIT AFTER THE GENERATORS WERE PUT ON. NO ODOR IN CABIN. NO OTHER INDICATIONS NOTED. GAINED ACCESS TO AND INSPECTED ALL WIRING AND CONNECTORS IN COCKPIT AREA. INSPECTED AVIONICS BAY IN NOSE. INSPECTED STARTER GENERATORS AND VERIFIED TORQUES ON TERMINAL BAGS. OPERATED ENG AND ALL SYS WITH NO DEFECTS. INSPECTED OIL PROBES, OPERATED ALL COCKPIT LIGHTING AND BACKLIGHTING, UNABLE TO DUPLICATE SITUATION, AT NO TIME WAS ABNORMAL ODOR PRESENT. ALL INSP, FOUND NO DEFECTS. COCKPIT SYS ALL OPERATED WITH NO DEFECTS.