Service difficulty report · Unknown · Cessna 680CE

Difficulty date
January 20, 2017
Submitted
January 23, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N376QS
Make and model
Cessna 680CE
Aircraft serial
6800180
Aircraft time
8,806 hours, 5,789 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cabin
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

ENROUTE AT FL430 AFTER 20 MINUTES OF FLIGHT TIME, BEGAN TO DETECT A WARM ELECTRICAL ODOR. TURNED OFF INTERIOR SWITCH AND ODOR APPEARED TO GO AWAY. NEVER SAW ANY VISUAL CLUES OF SMOKE OR HAZE. THERE WERE NO INCREASE OR ABNORMAL GENERATOR AMPS ETC. NEVER HAD COFFEE POTS ON THIS LEG OR THE VANITY HEATER. HAD SEVERAL CHARGERS PLUGGED IN BUT NONE OF THOSE WERE WARM OR HOT. FO WENT TO CABIN AND SEEMED TO THINK IT WAS STRONGER THERE. DIVERTED TO AIRPORT AND LAND WITHOUT INCIDENT. CHECKED AIRCRAFT, COULD NOT FIND WHERE ODOR ORIGINATED AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE.