Service difficulty report · Unknown · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
January 5, 2013
Submitted
January 7, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N415QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4081
Aircraft time
23,123 hours, 236,463 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
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

ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR STARTED IN THE AFT CABIN AREA. INSPECTED ACFT FOR ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR. CHECKED AFT CARGO LIGHTS FOR BURNING ELECTRICAL ODOR, NO ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR NOTICED. FOUND MAPCO SOCKET WITH BURN EVIDENCE PRESENT. R & R MAPCO SOCKET. APPLIED POWER TO MAPCO SOCKET, NO BURNING ODOR PRESENT. NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED. RETURNED TO SERVICE.