Service difficulty report · Unknown · Raythn HAWKER800XP

Difficulty date
June 6, 2013
Submitted
June 7, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N808TM
Make and model
Raythn HAWKER800XP
Aircraft serial
258482
Aircraft time
9,287 hours, 6,359 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
DE
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

ON DECENT, BOTH CREW MEMBERS NOTICED AN ODOR RESEMBLING THAT OF AN OVERHEATED ELECTRICAL COMPONENT. SHORTLY BEFORE THE ODOR WAS NOTICED, THERE HAD BEEN AN INTERMITTENT FLASH OF THE MASTER WARNING LIGHTS BUT THE CAUSE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NO SMOKE OBSERVED OR ANY ASSOCIATED WARNINGS OR OBVIOUS MALFUNCTIONS, THE ODOR WAS ENOUGH OF A CONCERN TO ASK ATC FOR PRIORITY HANDLING AND AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED.