Service difficulty report · Control Valve · Pilats PC1245

Difficulty date
August 13, 2024
Submitted
August 16, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N129JW
Make and model
Pilats PC1245
Aircraft serial
129
Aircraft time
9,098 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6*
Engine time
6,665 hours
Part
Control Valve
Part number
6031C000001
Condition
Failed
Location
Cabin Temp
Stage of operation
DE
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

ALL OF CREW NOTED A MELTING OR BURNING PLASTIC SMELL. WE WERE ABOUT TO BEGIN OUR DESCENT FOR BASE, AND WERE ONLY ABOUT 15 MINUTES OUT, WITH MULTIPLE ALTERNATIVE AIRPORTS BELOW/NEAR US IF THE SMELL GOT WORSE AND I BECAME MORE CONCERNED ABOUT AN IMMINENT CHANCE OF FIRE. I DECIDED CONTINUE TO BASE UNLESS I NOTED ANYTHING OF ADDITIONAL CONCERN, IN WHICH CASE I WOULD DIVERT TO THE NEAREST AIRFIELD. WE LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. AFTER SHUTDOWN, WE TRIED TO IDENTIFY THE SOURCE OF THE SMELL, BUT COULD NOT... OTHER THAN IDENTIFYING THAT THE SMELL WAS STRONGER TOWARD THE FRONT OF THE CABIN, AND NO SMELL WAS APPARENT IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.