Service difficulty report · Odor · Dhav DHC8311

Difficulty date
July 10, 2006
Submitted
August 30, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N327EN
Make and model
Dhav DHC8311
Aircraft serial
261
Aircraft time
24,672 hours, 40,430 cycles
Part
Odor
Condition
Detected
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
TX
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

STRONG ELECTRICAL ODOR IN COCKPIT. FOUND ODOR DISSIPATED UPON ARRIVAL TO AIRCRAFT, INSPECTED AVIONICS RACK, AREA BEHIND WARDROBE WALL, UNDER COCKPIT FLOOR AND ABOVE COCKPIT CEILING PANELS FOR SIGNS OF ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. NO DEFECTS FOUND, NO CIRCUIT BREAKERS POPPED. ALL SYSTEMS OPERATED NORMALLY WITH NO ELECTRICAL ODOR. OPERATED APU AND ENGINE BLEEDS, NO ODORS.