Service difficulty report · Vhf Comm · Emb EMB505

Difficulty date
May 8, 2021
Submitted
May 10, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N426QS
Make and model
Emb EMB505
Aircraft serial
50500483
Aircraft time
2,120 hours, 1,634 cycles
Part
Vhf Comm
Part number
0110110540
Part serial
2DC003513
Condition
Defective
Location
Zone 100
Stage of operation
UK
How discovered
C
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

COM1 VHF COMM: CREW EXPERIENCED A VERY BRIEF ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL IN THE COCKPIT. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, FOUND THAT COM 1 WAS NOT TRANSMITTING, BUT WAS ABLE TO RECEIVE. COM 2 FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. VERIFIED THAT COM1 WAS NOT TRANSMITTING AND COM2 WAS WORKING GOOD. AFTER POWERING UP AIRCRAFT I DID NOT FIND ANY BURNT SMELL OR ANY SIGNS OF BURNT WIRING. AFTER EMBRAER CONTACT CENTER EMAIL ABOUT CHECKING AVIONICS FAN, I OPS CHECKED FAN AND IT WAS WORKING PROPERLY, NO DEFECTS NOTED. EMBRAER CONTACT CENTER REQUESTED THE GIA1 AND GIA2 BE SWAPPED RECONFIGURED AND OPS TESTED, AFTER SWAP THE COM1 NO TRANSMIT ISSUE FOLLOWED THE GIA TO THE COM2 POSITION. WE SWAPPED THE GIA'S BACK TO ORIGINAL AND RECONFIGURED VERIFIED COM ISSUE BACK ON COM1. PLACED GIA ON ORDER. AS FAR AS BURNING SMELL IN COCKPIT, RAN AIRCRAFT AND OPERATED ALL SYSTEMS INCLUDING WINDSHIELD HEAT DUE TO PREVIOUS WRITEUP ABOUT A SMELL DURING WINDSHIELD HEAT OPERATIONS. WE ALSO INSPECTED THE AVIONICS FAN FURTHER AND FOUND NO DEFECTS OR BURNT SMELLS. REPAIRED GIA ARRIVED AND WE REMOVED AND INSTALLED REPAIRED GIA IN THE #1 POSITION. UPLOADED SOFTWARE AND CONFIGURED. ALL OPS CHECKS GOOD. WORK DONE IAW EMBRAER PHENOM 300 MM 31 -41 -05/400.

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