Service difficulty report · Odor · Emb EMB120ER

Difficulty date
December 26, 2004
Submitted
January 3, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N579SW
Make and model
Emb EMB120ER
Aircraft serial
120347
Aircraft time
13,628 hours, 18,414 cycles
Part
Odor
Condition
Detected
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
TX
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

AFTER SHUTDOWN, VISIBLE SMOKE COMING FROM F/O'S CONSOLE AREA. OPERATED APU AS REQUIRED WITH ALL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS AVAILABLE ON APU GENERATOR AND FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF SMOKE. OPERATED BOTH ENGINES AS REQUIRED WITH ALL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS AVAILABLE WITH MAIN GEN'S ONLINE. FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF SMOKE. INSPECTED F/O'S CONSOLE AREA FOR SIGNS OF BURNING OR OVERHEATING. NO EVIDENCE FOUND. COULD NOT DUPLICATE AT THIS TIME.

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