What was found
DURING TAKEOFF, SMELLED ELECTRICAL BURNING, NO SMOKE IN AIRCRAFT. RETURNED TO BASE. FOUND ODOR TO BE COMING FROM SWITCH FOR CONTROLLABLE IR SEARCHLIGHT. SWITCH IS MOUNTED IN COLLECTIVE.
- Difficulty date
- December 10, 2012
- Submitted
- December 11, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N145DU
- Make and model
- Bolkms BK117C2
- Aircraft serial
- 9421
- Aircraft time
- 236 hours, 586 cycles
- Engine
- Tmeca ARRIEL1E2
- Engine time
- 236 hours
- System (JASC)
- 3340 · Exterior Lighting
- Part
- Switch
- Part number
- TS0250
- Condition
- Shorted
- Location
- Search Light
- Part time
- 236 hours, 586 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.