Service difficulty report · Contactor · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
December 21, 2011
Submitted
December 22, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N659QS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605359
Aircraft time
6,866 hours, 5,474 cycles
Part
Contactor
Part number
SM400D75
Condition
Inoperative
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 REPOSITION, ENGINES WERE STARTED WITHOUT APU RUNNING. RT ENGINE STARTED NORMALY & HALF WAY THROUGH LT ENGINE START, A VERY STRONG HOT ELECTRICAL ODOR STRONG ENOUGH TO BURN THE EYES. DISCONTINUED START ON LT ENGINE & SHUTDOWN BOTH ENGINES. ODOR ONLY IN COCKPIT & NOT IN CABIN. NO ABNORMAL INDICATIONS OBSERVED DURING START SEQUENCE. REMOVED AFT RELAY CONTACTOR KZ006, AND INSTALLED NEW RELAY. REMOVED AFT RELAY AND INSTALLED NEW RELAY KZ009. PERFORMED ENGINE RUNS WITHOUT APU WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED AND NO ODOR IN THE COCKPIT. ALL WORK DONE IAW AMM 24-00-00 AND 71-00-04.

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