SDR GSPA36365

Service difficulty report · Blower Motor · Beech F90

Difficulty date
November 30, 2008
Submitted
December 4, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N16WG
Make and model
Beech F90
Aircraft serial
LA226
Aircraft time
4,260 hours, 4,389 cycles
Part
Blower Motor
Part number
EM6039
Part serial
414
Condition
Burned Out
Location
Cabin
Component
Blower Assembly · Electromech
Component part number
903840311
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
B, G, H, A

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

What was found

DURING CRUISE A STRONG SMELL OF SMOKE FOLLOWED BY SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AND THE CABIN. PAX AND CREW OXYGEN MASKS WERE DONNED, EMERGENCY PROCEDURES WERE TAKEN AND AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE WITHOUT INCIDENT. INVESTIGATION BY THE MX ON THE FIELD REVEALED THE CABIN BLOWER MOTOR WAS OVERHEATED, BURNED AND DISCOLORED AND THE CURRENT LIMITER IN THE LT NACELLE WAS BLOWN. MX INSP ASSOCIATED WIRING AND REMOVED THE BURNED OUT FUSE TO ENSURE NO POWER WAS GOING TO THE MOTOR. THE FAILED BLOWER MOTOR ASSEMBLY WAS REMOVED AN OVERHAUL MOTOR ASSEMBLY WAS INSTALLED ALONG WITH A NEW CURRENT LIMITER. A SATISFACTORY OPS CHECK WAS PERFORMED.

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