Service difficulty report · Unknown · Pilats PC1245

Difficulty date
March 27, 2015
Submitted
March 27, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N854AL
Make and model
Pilats PC1245
Aircraft serial
397
Aircraft time
8,494 hours, 11,707 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A67B
Engine time
8,275 hours, 11,149 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cabin
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

A MEMBER OF THE MEDICAL CREW NOTICED AN UNIDENTIFIABLE ODOR SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. PIC DID NOT SMELL ANYTHING, BUT CLEARED OTHER MEDICAL MEMBER OUT OF HIS SEAT TO INVESTIGATE. HE DID NOT FIND ANYTHING BURNING OR SMOKING, BUT BEGAN TO NOTICE THE ODOR HIMSELF. AT THIS POINT, WE ELECTED AS A CREW TO TURN BACK & LAND. TALKING TO ATC, TURN BACK & LANDING WERE UNEVENTFUL, EXCEPT FOR THE ODOR GETTING STRONGER TO THE MEDICAL CREW. PIC STILL DID NOT SMELL ANYTHING. TAXIING IN, AFTER TURNING OFF THE ECS, THE SMELL BECAME NOTICEABLE TO THE PIC. AFTER ENG SHUTDOWN & THEN ENTERING THE MEDICAL CABIN, PIC COULD SMELL STRONG ACRID ODOR. ACFT TURNED OVER TO MX.