Service difficulty report · Display · Lear 25D

Difficulty date
October 10, 2012
Submitted
October 13, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N444P
Make and model
Lear 25D
Aircraft serial
338
Aircraft time
9,612 hours, 8,386 cycles
Part
Display
Part number
6222175008
Part serial
01858
Condition
Defective
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
AA
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
H, B

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

What was found

AT APPROX 2310Z, NOTICED THE DIGITS ON THE DME BEGAN TO FLICKER THEN NOTICED THE DISPLAY WENT BLANK AFTER ABOUT 30 SECONDS. SMELLED AND SAW LIGHT SMOKE. THE SMELL BECAME STRONGER, SHUT DOWN ALL ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS AND SQUAWKED 7700 ON HIS TRANSPONDER AND PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY DESCENT. DURING THE DESCENT, NOTICED THE ODOR BECAME WEAKER AND HIS FIRST OFFICER NOTICED THAT THE DME CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. CONTINUED TO DESCEND TO FL290 AND NOTIFIED OF HIS SITUATION. FLIGHT WAS CONTINUED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT TO KFLL. MX WAS NOTIFIED AND WAS ON SITE THE FOLLOWING DAY TO INVESTIGATE. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE DME DISPLAY WAS DEFECTIVE AND WAS REPLACED BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL.

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