Service difficulty report · Display · Snias AS350B2

Difficulty date
November 6, 2017
Submitted
November 7, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N572AM
Make and model
Snias AS350B2
Aircraft serial
4481
Aircraft time
2,695 hours, 8,453 cycles
Part
Display
Part number
0110146700
Part serial
17000322
Condition
Smoke
Location
Instrument
Stage of operation
AA
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

ON FINAL APPROACH, THE PILOT SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING. THE PARAMEDICS STATED THAT THEY SAW SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE MULTI-FUNCTION DISPLAY. THE DISPLAY CUTOUT, AND THE PILOT MADE THE DECISION TO LAND AT A NEARBY AIRPORT 5 MILES AWAY. THE FLIGHT COMPLETED AT THE AIRPORT WITHOUT ANY OTHER ANOMALIES NOTED.