Service difficulty report · Amplifier · Beech B200

Difficulty date
November 30, 2013
Submitted
December 20, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N147NA
Make and model
Beech B200
Aircraft serial
BB1047
Part
Amplifier
Part number
246
Part serial
1003
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

WITH NO PASSENGERS THE PILOTS EXPERIENCED A LOUD SQUEALING IN THEIR HEADSETS SO THEY TURNED OFF ALL ENVIRONMENTALS & THE NOISE WENT AWAY. THEY TURNED AROUND & WERE COMING BACK TO DEPARTURE, WHEN THEY SMELLED WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS SMOKE. THEY DECLARED AN EMERGENCY & LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. THE AUDIO AMPLIFIER WAS THE CAUSE OF THE NOISE & THE BLEED AIR DUCKS WERE THE CAUSE OF THE SMELL, WHEN THEY GOT SO HOT FROM THE BLEED AIR BEING ON WITH NO BLOWERS RUNNING.

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