Service difficulty report · Unknown · Raythn 400ARAYTHEON

Difficulty date
January 11, 2011
Submitted
January 12, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N140QS
Make and model
Raythn 400ARAYTHEON
Aircraft serial
RK406
Aircraft time
2,383 hours, 2,250 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Smoke
Location
Cockpit
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

COCKPIT FILLED WITH SMOKE AFTER MAIN BATTERY SELECTED ON AND AVIONICS TURNED ON. A GPU WAS ALREADY CONNECTED BEFORE POWER-UP. POWERED UP ACFT WITH GROUND POWER CART. NO SIGHT OR SMELL OF SMOKE FOUND. RAN ENGINES, AND CHECKED ALL SYS IN PRE-FLIGHT CHECKLIST. REMOVED NR 1 AND NR 3 PFD'S. REMOVED NR 1 AND NR 2 CDU'S. REMOVED OVERHEAD SWITCH PANEL. GAINED ACCESS TO BACKS OF CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL. INSPECTED ALL AREAS WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. INSTALLED ALL COMPONENTS LISTED ABOVE. RAN ACFT OPS CHECKED GOOD IAW PILOTS CHECKLIST AND MM CH 20-20-01.