Service difficulty report · Sensor · Dhav DHC8311

Difficulty date
September 7, 2008
Submitted
September 17, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N337EN
Make and model
Dhav DHC8311
Aircraft serial
284
Part
Sensor
Part number
BYLF51514
Part serial
226
Condition
Failed
Location
Cockpit
Part time
34,413 hours, 34,413 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
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

WHEN FLIGHT CREW POWERED ACFT UP FOR PRE-FLIGHT CHECKS, A NOISE WAS HEARD BEHIND THE CAPTAINS SEAT AND AN ODOR OF RUBBER WAS DETECTED. MX FOUND THE ZONE TEMP SENSOR FAN BEHIND CAPTAINS SEAT TO BE THE SOURCE OF THE ODOR. SYSTEM WAS DEACTIVATED AT THAT TIME. WHEN ACFT REACHED A MX BASE, THE TEMP SENSOR UNIT WAS CHANGED. OPS CHECKS WERE GOOD AND SYSTEM WAS REACTIVATED. ACFT WAS THEN RELEASED FOR SERVICE.