Service difficulty report · Unknown · Amd FALCON2000

Difficulty date
May 4, 2016
Submitted
May 5, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N253QS
Make and model
Amd FALCON2000
Aircraft serial
153
Aircraft time
12,593 hours, 7,749 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

THE SMELL OF BURNING RUBBER FILLED THE ACFT DESCENDING OUT OF 8000 FT. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT THOUGHT THE SMELL WAS WORST WHEN GEAR WENT DOWN, ALSO THE TOP LEAD PAX RT CONTROL PANEL WAS VERY HOT. RAN APU & OPERATED AIR CONDITIONING SYS FULL HOT & FULL COLD WITH NO BURNING RUBBER SMELL. INSPECTED MICROWAVE & OVEN WITH NO FAULTS FOUND. AFTER HAVING POWER ON IN CABIN, RT PAX CONTROLLER WAS ABOUT THE SAME TEMP AS ALL OTHER CONTROLLERS IN CABIN. RAN LT & RT ENGS WITH APU OFF & OPERATED AIR CONDITIONING SYS FULL HOT & FULL COLD WITH NO BURNING RUBBER SMELL NOTED. INSPECTED LT & RT WW WITH NO FAULTS FOUND IAW MM 21-60-00-710-801 GTCP 36-151 MM 49-20-00.