Service difficulty report · Unknown · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
April 4, 2009
Submitted
April 8, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N405QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4047
Aircraft time
19,294 hours, 19,631 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
NR
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

SEA - STRONG BURNING ODOR (NOT ELECTRICAL) FOR 30 SEC, NO SMOKE NOTICED, ODOR ONLY OBSERVED BY FLIGHT CREW, NOT BY FA'S, TURNED PACKS DOWN AND IT WENT AWAY, BUT IT WASN'T THE NORMAL ODOR YOU GET WHEN DUCT TEMPS ARE HIGH. TURNED PACKS BACK UP AND ODOR DID NOT RETURN. INSPECTED ACM AND BOTH L/R ENG GROUND RAN FOR 15 MIN. REGULATED TEMP UP AND DOWN, COULD NOT DUPLICATE ODOR . ACFT OK FOR CONTINUED SERVICE. NO PARTS REPLACED.