Service difficulty report · Unknown · Dhav DHC6300

Difficulty date
July 20, 2016
Submitted
July 25, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N173GC
Make and model
Dhav DHC6300
Aircraft serial
295
Aircraft time
58,672 hours, 100,769 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A27
Propeller
Hartzl HCD4N3C
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

WHILE IN FLIGHT, CREW SMELLED SMOKE. THE CREW OPENED THE BUS TIE AND ISOLATED THE ELECTRICAL POWER. ACFT RETURNED TO BASE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED ACFT AND FOUND 2 COMPONENTS BAD, BUT HAVE NOT DETERMINED YET IF THEY ARE RELATED. THE FM RADIO AND THE RT ATTITUDE INDICATOR. THE SHOP FINDINGS HAVE NOT COME BACK ON THESE ITEMS. THE ACFT WAS THOROUGHLY INSPECTED AND AN OPS CHECK FLIGHT OF 1 HR REVEALED NO MORE ISSUES.