Service difficulty report · Bleed Air Sys · Beech 1900D

Difficulty date
November 17, 2009
Submitted
November 20, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N237YV
Make and model
Beech 1900D
Aircraft serial
UE237
Aircraft time
25,730 hours, 34,851 cycles
Part
Bleed Air Sys
Condition
Contaminated
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

SMOKE/SMELL - PILOTS REPORTED THAT BURNING ODOR WAS PRESENT FROM THE CAPTAINS SIDE THAT SMELLED LIKE PLASTIC. NO SMOKE WAS OBSERVED. MX CLEANED GLYCOL FROM WINDOW DRIP TRAY AND INSPECTED THE FUEL PANEL FOR ANY EVIDENCE OF GLYCOL. NONE NOTED. MX RAN THE ACFT WITH ALL DE-ICE ANTI ICE SYSTEMS ON, EFIS SYSTEMS ON, ALL BLEEDS OPEN, TEMP CONTROL IN AUTO AND MANUAL, VENT BLOWERS ON AND NO EVIDENCE OF A SMELL WAS PRESENT. SUSPECTED GLYCOL ENTRY INTO BLEED AIR SYS.

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