Service difficulty report · Relay · Cessna 402C

Difficulty date
September 2, 2011
Submitted
September 7, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N26514
Make and model
Cessna 402C
Aircraft serial
402C0344
Aircraft time
24,958 hours
Part
Relay
Part number
99103971
Condition
Failed
Location
Zone 100
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

PILOT REPORTED THAT WHILE TAXIING OUT TO RUNWAY 8, NOTICED A FAINT SMELL IN THE CABIN. THEY INITIALLY THOUGHT IT WAS COMING FROM OUTSIDE THE ACFT. THEY THEN REALIZED THE SMELL WAS FROM INSIDE THE CABIN WHEN THEY NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM BEHIND A PANEL TO THE LT OF THE CAPTAINS SEAT. THE PILOT PULLED OFF THE TAXIWAY, SHUTDOWN, AND EXITED THE ACFT. UPON INSP, MX FOUND THE SMOKE TO BE COMING FROM A FAULTY STARTER RELAY WHICH WAS SUBSEQUENTLY REPLACED.

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