Service difficulty report · Resistor · Beech 1900C

Difficulty date
January 24, 2010
Submitted
January 25, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N101UE
Make and model
Beech 1900C
Aircraft serial
UC101
Aircraft time
28,654 hours, 35,060 cycles
Part
Resistor
Condition
Hot
Location
Windshield Wiper
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
M, B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ENROUTE, PILOT OF FLIGHT 145 REPORTED THAT HE OBSERVED AN ACRID/BURNING ODOR IN THE COCKPIT. ATTEMPTED TO ISOLATE THE SOURCE VIA TURNING OFF ALL NON ESSENTIAL SYS THEN REACTIVATING THEM ONE BY ONE. HE WAS UNABLE TO ISOLATE THE SOURCE. ACFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND MX WAS ADVISED. MX TROUBLESHOOT AND FOUND WINDSHIELD RESISTOR HOT, WINDSHIELD WIPER STUCK TO WINDSHIELD DUE TO BEING DRY AND WINDSHIELD SWITCH IN THE SLOW POSITION. UNSTUCK WINDSHIELD WIPERS THEN PERFORMED WINDSHIELD WIPER OPS CHECK WITH WET WINDSHIELD -OPS CHECK GOOD. ALL WORK DONE IAW MM 30-40-00.

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