Service difficulty report · Window · Beech C90A

Difficulty date
September 18, 2021
Submitted
September 19, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N692W
Make and model
Beech C90A
Aircraft serial
LJ1692
Aircraft time
6,230 hours, 7,428 cycles
Part
Window
Part number
1044201220060
Condition
Leaking
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
H, A

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

What was found

STRANGE SMELL NOTICED UPON LIFTOFF FROM KBIL. SMELL SEEMED TO SUBSIDE AFTERWARDS BUT STILL REMAINED AS A HINT THAT I WASN'T SURE IF IT WAS STUCK IN MY NOSE OR NOT. I CLOSED ONE OF THE BLEEDS, WHICH I'M UNABLE TO REMEMBER WHICH ONE NOW WAS FIRST, THEN SWAPPED BLEEDS ABOUT 3 MIN LATER WHEN THE MEDIC VERIFIED HE STILL COULD SMELL THE HINT OF IT. SHORTLY AFTER THE MEDIC REPORTED THE GASPER VENT HAD CAUSED HIS EYES TO BURN AND HE FELT LIGHT-HEADED AT WHICH TIME WE DESCENDED AND CLOSED BOTH BLEEDS. I ALSO NOTICED SOME POSSIBLE LIGHT-HEADEDNESS BEFORE DEPRESSURIZING.

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