Service difficulty report · Unknown · Aerosp ATR72212

Difficulty date
May 21, 2009
Submitted
May 21, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N260AE
Make and model
Aerosp ATR72212
Aircraft serial
263
Aircraft time
31,565 hours, 35,816 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW127
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

SHORTLY AFTER LEAVING THE GATE THE ODOR OF ELECTRICAL WIRING BURNING IN THE COCKPIT WAS DETECTED. PAX IN 17A ALSO DETECTED SAME ODOR. FOUND LT ENGINE OVERSERVICED WITH OIL. DE-SERVICED TO CORRECT LEVEL IAW JIC NR 12-13-79-CHK-10000. PERFORMED ENGINE RUNS IAW JIC NR 72-00-00-ERU-10000. OPS CHECK GOOD. NO ELECTRICAL SMELL DETECTED.

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