Service difficulty report · Unknown · Lear 45LEAR

Difficulty date
July 29, 2010
Submitted
August 2, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N444FX
Make and model
Lear 45LEAR
Aircraft serial
45378
Aircraft time
1,411 hours, 1,071 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Smoke
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
DE
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

CREW REPORTED TRACES OF SMOKE FROM THE LOWER LT SIDE OF THE COCKPIT ON DESCENT. DONNED OXYGEN MASKS FOR LANDING. TURNED HI-FLOW OFF AND LT BLEED , SMOKE SEEMED TO DISAPATE. MX PERFORMED ENGINE RUNS FOR 30 MINS WITH NO SIGNS OF SMOKE OR VAPOR. CHECKED UNDER LT INSTRUMENT AND BEHIND CB PANELS AND FOUND NO SIGNS OF ARCING AND NO ELECTRICAL ODOR NOTED. CHECKED FOOT WARMERS FOR SIGNS OF OVERHEAT. NO DEFECTS NOTED. MX DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO BOROSCOPE TO CHECK APU. APU DEFERRED PER THE MEL AS A PRECAUTION UNTIL BOROSCOPE IS AVAILABLE.