Service difficulty report · Heater · Pilats PC1245

Difficulty date
February 6, 2023
Submitted
February 8, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N498GF
Make and model
Pilats PC1245
Aircraft serial
498
Aircraft time
4,351 hours, 3,799 cycles
Part
Heater
Part number
E955AE1111
Part serial
502924
Condition
Odor
Location
Aft Cabin Underf
Part time
4,351 hours, 3,799 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
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

AT APPROXIMATELY 12000 FEET ON CLIMBOUT FROM KRNO, MEDCREW AND PILOT SMELLED A BURNED RUBBER SMELL. MEDIC DETERMINED THE SOURCE AS THE AFT VENTS IN THE CEILING OF THE CABIN BY THE CARGO NET. PILOT TURNED OF HEATER AND CYCLED THE FANS TO BOOST FAN AND SYTEM ON. SMELL IMMEDIATELY STARTED TO DISSAPATE. CREW DISCUSSED THE ISSUE AND ELECTED TO CONTINUE THE FLIGHT TO DESTINATION AS LONG AS BURNING SMELL DID NOT RECUR. PILOT DID NOT TURN ON HEATER FOR THE REMAINDER OF FLIGHT AND REST OF FLIGHT WAS UNEVENTFUL.