Service difficulty report · Smoke · Beech 300BEECH

Difficulty date
July 24, 2002
Submitted
August 9, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N78
Make and model
Beech 300BEECH
Aircraft serial
FF13
Engine
Pwa PT6A60A
Part
Smoke
Condition
Detected
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
AP
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 TURN FOR NDB APPROACH, TECH REPORTED (ELECTRONIC BURNING SMELL). NOTED BY ALL CREW. DECLARED EMERGENCY AND LANDED ICT. ON EVAC, NOTED LIGHT BLUE SMOKE FROM PORT SIDE EQUIPMENT RACK. FIRE DEPT UNABLE TO PINPOINT SOURCE. AN FBO, INVESTIGATED BUT FOUND NOTHING. MAINTENANCE LOOKED EVERYTHING OVER AND FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF SMOKE. OPERATED ALL SYSTEMS AND EVERYTHING WAS OPERATING PROPERLY.