SDR QMLA7216

Service difficulty report · Computer · Bolkms BK117B1

Difficulty date
October 22, 2007
Submitted
October 23, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N330SL
Make and model
Bolkms BK117B1
Aircraft serial
7216
Engine
Lyc LTS101*
Part
Computer
Part number
7004206901
Part serial
87090175
Condition
Burned
Location
Roll Channel
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, F
Precautionary procedure
H

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED VERY SLIGHTLY TO THE RT AND THEN TO THE LT. THE ROLL RATE WAS CASUAL, AND SINCE WE WERE FLYING IN SLIGHTLY GUSTY CONDITIONS I TOOK ALMOST NO NOTICE OF IT. THEN THE AIRCRAFT DID IT AGAIN. THIS TIME THE ROLLS WERE ACCOMPANIED BY THE STRONG ODOR OF HOT ELECTRICAL INSULATION. PUNCHED OFF THE CSAS SYSTEM, THEN RE-ENGAGED THE PITCH AND YAW CHANNELS AND COMPLETED THE FLIGHT. ROLL CHANNEL WAS MEL'D AND PLACARDED INOP.