Service difficulty report · Control Panel · Emb EMB120

Difficulty date
July 20, 2011
Submitted
July 27, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N246AS
Make and model
Emb EMB120
Aircraft serial
120100
Aircraft time
40,758 hours, 41,037 cycles
Part
Control Panel
Part number
509111
Part serial
129
Condition
Faulty
Location
Cockpit
Part time
2,727 hours, 2,649 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

CREW REPORTED SMOKE COMING FROM THE CO-PILOT AUDIO CONTROL PANEL. EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO KBWD. MX FOUND EVIDENCE OF BURNING ON BACK OF AUDIO CONTROL PANEL. REPLACED THE AUDIO CONTROL PANEL, ALL OPS CHECK NORMAL.

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