Service difficulty report · Pump · Gulstm 690A

Difficulty date
April 28, 2013
Submitted
May 3, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N96LF
Make and model
Gulstm 690A
Aircraft serial
11336
Aircraft time
9,564 hours, 6,146 cycles
Part
Pump
Part number
PCM003
Condition
Burned
Location
Cabin
Part time
949 hours
Stage of operation
TX
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 APPROACH, PASSENGERS NOTED ODD ODOR IN CABIN. NO SMOKE EVIDENT. CREW LANDED AIRCRAFT. AS CREW STARTED TAXI, PASSENGERS NOTED ODOR AND SMOKE IN CABIN. ACFT WAS SHUTDOWN. INSPECTION REVEALED THE NR 2 AIR PUMP IN THE LIFEPORT BED HAD FAILED. THIS PUMP WAS DEACTIVATED, WIRES CAPPED AND STOWED AND POWER SHUTOFF TO THE MEDICAL BED. ONCE ACFT RETURNED TO HOME LOCATION THE PUMP WAS REPLACED.