Service difficulty report · Fire Bottle · Beech B300

Difficulty date
June 20, 2016
Submitted
June 24, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N801UP
Make and model
Beech B300
Aircraft serial
FL884
Aircraft time
1,734 hours, 1,360 cycles
Part
Fire Bottle
Part number
C352TS
Part serial
Y454423
Condition
Discharged
Location
Cockpit
Part time
1,734 hours, 1,360 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
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

CLIMBING OUT OF DEPARTURE, CREW HEARD POPPING NOISE AND SMELLED A CHEMICAL ODOR. ACFT DIVERTED BACK TO DEPARTURE. ACFT LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE COCKPIT PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHER DISCHARGED. THE CABIN PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHER WAS PLACED IN COCKPIT, THE DISCHARGED FIRE EXTINGUISHER WAS REMOVED FROM THE ACFT AND SENT TO MFG FOR EVALUATION/INVESTIGATION. THE CABIN PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHER WAS DEFERRED IAW MEL.

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