Service difficulty report · Computer · Cessna 402C

Difficulty date
November 28, 2010
Submitted
December 2, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N26514
Make and model
Cessna 402C
Aircraft serial
402C0344
Aircraft time
24,134 hours
Engine
Cont TSIO520*
Part
Computer
Part number
011921212T
Part serial
5310
Condition
Shorted
Location
Instrument Panel
Stage of operation
AP
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

CREW REPORTED, ON FINAL APPROACH, A SMALL PUFF OF SMOKE CAME FROM THE NAV/COM PANEL. CREW ACCOMPLISHED SMOKE IN COCKPIT CHECKLIST, SMOKE QUICKLY SUBSIDED AND NO FURTHER SIGNS OF THE PROBLEM EXISTED. ADVISED THE TOWER, AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX INSPECTED ACFT, FOUND AUTO PILOT COMPUTER HAD DISTINCTIVE BURNED ODOR. AUTO PILOT COMPUTER CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS PULLED AND COLLARED, AUTOPILOT WAS PLACED ON MEL (22-1-1). AFTER ISOLATING AUTOPILOT SYSEM, NO OTHER SOURCES OF ODOR COULD BE IDENTIFIED. ACFT RELEASED BACK TO SERVICE. AUTO PILOT COMPUTER WAS LATER R & R AND MEL WAS CLEARED.

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