Service difficulty report · Display · Cessna 680CE

Difficulty date
November 30, 2011
Submitted
December 1, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N370QS
Make and model
Cessna 680CE
Aircraft serial
6800099
Aircraft time
4,587 hours, 3,056 cycles
Part
Display
Part number
7025725912
Part serial
06102185
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 1
Part time
439 hours, 320 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

NR 1MCDU SCREEN GOES BLANK FOLLOWED BY ELECTRICAL SMOKE EMINATING WITHIN THE COCKPIT. AFTER POWER UP WITH AVIONICS ON, FLIGHT PLAN PROGRAMMED AND READY TO GO. NR 1 MCDU SCREEN SUDDENLY GOES BLANK. THE ODOR OF ELECTRICAL SMOKE BEGINS AND THE EICAS MOMENTARILY DISPLAYS AN AMBER ASCB BUSS FAIL LIGHT FOLLOWED BY A AMBER MONITOR WARNING FAIL LT LIGHT 30 TO 45 SECONDS LATER THE 2 AMBER LIGHTS DISAPPEAR FROM THE EICAS DISPLAY. CONFIRMED 1 MCDU WAS THE CAUSE OF THE EICAS MSG AND SMOKE. INSPECTED 1 MCDU CONNECTORS/PINS AND FOUND THEM IN GOOD CONDITION. R & R 1 MCDU IAW MM 23-80-00. PERFORMED EPIC OPS TEST IAW MM 34-23-10. OPS CHECKED GOOD.