SDR SDR21903

Service difficulty report · Indicator · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
February 19, 2003
Submitted
February 20, 2003
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N90GL
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Aircraft serial
208B0229
Aircraft time
11,493 hours, 12,000 cycles
Part
Indicator
Part number
26060152
Part serial
900293
Condition
Shorted
Location
Instrument Panel
Part time
11,493 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

PILOT OBSERVED SMOKE IN AND UPON SCANNING INSTRUMENTS, NOTICED LOWER THAN NORMAL OIL PRESSURE AND HIGHER THAN NORMAL OIL TEMP. ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN. PILOT ALSO REPORTED FACE OF INSTRUMENT GLOWING AS CABIN FILLED WITH SMOKE. PILOT DONNED O2 MASK AS SMOKE THICKENED. MASTER POWER WAS NEVER SHUTDOWN AND 5 AMP BREAKER NEVER OPENED AUTOMATICALLY NOR WAS IT PULLED. AFTER LANDING AND SECURING THE MASTER SWITCH THE SMOKE CLEARED. ALL DAMAGE APPEARED TO BE CONTAINED INTERNALLY AND SMOKE MOST LIKELY EXITED INSTRUMENT THRU THE VENT FITTING.

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