Service difficulty report · Unknown · Lear 31A

Difficulty date
January 5, 2013
Submitted
January 8, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N163AL
Make and model
Lear 31A
Aircraft serial
053
Aircraft time
7,817 hours
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
LD
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

ON LANDING, A STRANGE ODOR ON SHUTDOWN. CREW STATED ON NEXT LEG RECEIVED A FAINT ODOR. ON SHUTDOWN AT DESTINATION, CREW STATED SMOKE FILLED THE COCKPIT FROM THE PICCOLO TUBES AT THE CENTER OF THE WINDSHIELD. INSPECTION PERFORMED AND FOUND NO ANOMALIES. STARTED RT ENGINE, AND DETECTED THE ODOR. SHUTDOWN RT ENGINE WITH NO SMOKE. STARTED THE LT ENGINE AND COULD FAINTLY DETECT THE ODOR. SHUTDOWN LT ENGINE WITH NO SMOKE. NO DEFECT COULD BE FOUND.

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