Service difficulty report · Tru · Cndair CL6002C10

Difficulty date
January 30, 2011
Submitted
February 2, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N514MJ
Make and model
Cndair CL6002C10
Aircraft serial
10116
Aircraft time
19,165 hours, 13,213 cycles
Part
Tru
Part number
TRU3502
Part serial
1533
Condition
Shorted
Location
Electrical Sys
Part time
19,173 hours, 13,217 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, A
Precautionary procedure
F

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

What was found

WHILE DEPLANING GROUND POWER WAS PLUGED IN UPON WHICH SMOKE WAS SEEN FROM THE COCKPIT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON INTERNAL POWER. NO SMOKE IN CABIN. F/O INITIATED EMERGENCY EVAC. POSSIBLE ARCING BETWEEN THE GROUND POWER RECEPTACLE AND THE GPU CORD, 2 TO 3 FOOT FLAMES AROUND THE GROUND POWER RECEPTACLE WERE PUT OUT WITH A NEARBY FIRE EXTINGUISHER. MX R2 TRU PS 31, 32, 33, 34.