Service difficulty report · Unknown · Aerosp ATR72212

Difficulty date
October 20, 2011
Submitted
October 21, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N408AT
Make and model
Aerosp ATR72212
Aircraft serial
408
Aircraft time
20,872 hours, 33,288 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cockpit
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

THERE IS AN ODOR IN THE COCKPIT OF EITHER BURNED WIRES OR BURNED PLASTIC. PERFORMED BOTH ENGINES RUN WITH ACFT SYS RUNNING AND ALL LIGHTS ON AND, NO ODOR OF BURNING NOTICED AT THIS TIME, DONE MORE THAN ONCE IAW -ATR-GHC-03-11 UNABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM.

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