Service difficulty report · Regulator · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
October 19, 2014
Submitted
October 23, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N233PC
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Aircraft serial
208B1179
Aircraft time
2,221 hours, 2,629 cycles
Part
Regulator
Part number
1H7521
Part serial
12BA122
Condition
Smoke
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CR
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

PILOT NOTED SMOKE WHERE CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL & WINDSHIELD MEET. ODOR NOTICED DOES NOT SEEM TO BE OF ELECTRICAL IN NATURE. REMOVED CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL & INSPECTED WIRING & BLEED AIR LINES IN THE VICINITY. NO DEFECTS OR SMOKE WAS OBSERVED DURING EXTENSIVE ENG GROUND RUNS. ACFT PERFORMED AN OPERATIONAL FLIGHT CHECK TO AID IN DETERMINING THE CAUSE OF SMOKE & FUMES, SMOKE WAS STILL PRESENT.

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