Service difficulty report · Unknown · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
December 27, 2018
Submitted
January 2, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N693QS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605657
Aircraft time
10,576 hours, 8,172 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

AFTER NORMAL STARTUP OF BOTH ENGINES AND AFTER AVIONICS POWER ON, AN ABNORMAL CLICKING SOUND WAS HEARD (SOUNDED LIKE AN OVERACTIVE RELAY) THE SOUND LASTED FOR ABOUT 10-15 SECONDS. THE APU WAS ON BUT BLEED AIR WAS OFF. JUST PRIOR TO TAXIING A STRONG SMELL LIKE BURNING ELECTRICAL WAS VERY APPARENT. WE SHUTDOWN THE AIRCRAFT TO TRY AND FIND THE ISSUE. BY THE TIME WE COMPLETELY SHUTDOWN THE AIR INSIDE THE COCKPIT WAS THICK WITH THE SMELL AND FAINT SMOKE WAS SEEN. THE SMELL WAS STRONGEST IN THE COCKPIT AREA. WHEN OPENING THE CABIN DOOR IT WAS OBVIOUS THE SMELL WAS FROM INSIDE THE AIRCRAFT. "SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION". OPERATED APU WITH BLEED AIR ON AND ALL AVIONICS EQUIPMENT POWERED. CHECKED AND ABNORMAL OPERATION OR ODORS IN THE CABIN, COCKPIT, AND NOSE AVIONICS ENCLOSURE. NOTHING WAS FOUND. REMOVED COCKPIT CB PANELS AND CHECKS FOR ANY SIGNS OF FAILURE. NOTHING WAS FOUND. RAN ENGINES AND TAXIED AIRCRAFT TO THE RUN UP AREA. RAN BOTH ENGINES (ONE AT A TIME) AT CRUSE AND TAKE OFF SETTINGS AND ALL OPERATION WAS NORMAL. NO SMOKE OR ODOR WAS NOTICED.

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