Service difficulty report · Smoke · Dorner DO328100

Difficulty date
April 18, 2003
Submitted
April 29, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N434JS
Make and model
Dorner DO328100
Aircraft serial
3051
Aircraft time
20,419 hours, 17,951 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW119B
Propeller
Hartzl HDE6C3B
Part
Smoke
Condition
Detected
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

THE CREW REPORTED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT OVERHEAD PANEL OR LIGHT ON APU START. OUTSTATION MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE APU AND FOUND NO DEFECTS, INSPECTED THE OVERHEAD PANEL AND FOUND NO DEFECTS, INSPECTED THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND FOUND NO DEFECTS, ENSURED HX FAN CIRCUIT BREAKERS WERE IN, THEN GROUND RAN THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE CREW AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE ANY SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT, ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH DORNIER MAINTENANCE MANUAL 49-00-00. AFTER THE GROUND RUN UP WITH THE CREW AND NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED, THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED FOR SERVICE.