Service difficulty report · Efis · Pilats PC1245

Difficulty date
November 19, 2015
Submitted
November 24, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N519TV
Make and model
Pilats PC1245
Aircraft serial
549
Aircraft time
1,955 hours, 1,538 cycles
Part
Efis
Part number
066031373100
Part serial
5495
Condition
Failed
Location
Cockpit
Part time
530 hours, 442 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

FLYING AT AN ALTITUDE OF 20,000 FEET DURING NIGHT VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, AN ELECTRICAL ODOR WAS SENSED IN THE COCKPIT. THE COPILOT'S EADI SHUT DOWN AND THE EFIS 2 EADI CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED. THE ELECTRICAL ODOR WAS BRIEF. NO SPARKS OR FLAMES WERE PRESENT. FORWARD VISIBILITY THROUGH THE COCKPIT WINDOW WAS UNOBSTRUCTED. FOLLOWED OUR COMPANY'S GENERAL OPERATIONS MANUAL PROCEDURES WITH REGARD TO A TRIPPED CIRCUIT BREAKER INFLIGHT, DID NOT RESET THE CIRCUIT BREAKER. NO OTHER ABNORMALITIES OCCURRED IN THE COCKPIT. THE FLIGHT TERMINATED SAFELY AT ITS INTENDED DESTINATION.