Service difficulty report · Blower · Beech 1900D

Difficulty date
June 6, 2009
Submitted
June 8, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N220GL
Make and model
Beech 1900D
Aircraft serial
UE220
Aircraft time
27,609 hours, 33,497 cycles
Part
Blower
Part number
11438022811
Part serial
3035A
Condition
Smoke
Location
Cabin Air
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
V
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

PILOTS REPORTED THAT ENVIRONMENTAL SMOKE AND FUMES WERE PRESENT IN THE COCKPIT. THE BLOWERS SEEMED TO MAKE THE SITUATION WORSE. PILOTS DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE CAPTAINS O2 MASK MIC WAS NOT WORKING WHEN SWITCHING TO THE O2 MASK. MX TROUBLESHOT THE ISSUE AND FOUND THE FWD VENT BLOWER MOTOR THE CAUSE OF THE SMOKE. MX REMOVED AND REPLACED THE FWD VENT BLOWER ASSY IAW MM 21-20-01. OPS CHECK WAS GOOD. MX ALSO INSPECTED AND RE-INSERTED THE O2 MASK JACK AND IT OPERATIONALLY CHECKED GOOD IAW MM 35-10-01.

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