N253CW

ATA 2150

Part: MOTOR — FAILED (AFT FUSELAGE) · airframe 4,219 hrs · 3,617 cycles

WHILE TAXIING NOTICED A SMELL OF ELECTRICAL SMOKE THAT DISSIPATED. A GREEN LIGHT FOR THE A/C SYS NOT ILLUM, & RT GENERATOR INDICATED A 10 AMP LOAD. FRESH AIR SELECTED OFF, ACFT WAS SHUT DOWN. SMELL APPEARED TO BE COMING FROM LT GENERATOR, WHEN REAR BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT DOOR WAS OPENED, COMPARTMENT WAS FULL OF SMOKE & ELECTRICAL SMELL. WHEN BATTERY ACCESSED MORE SMOKE ENCOUNTERED. AFTER CHECKING ACFT MX FOUND NO SIGNS OF FIRE, DISCOVERED A/C MOTOR HAD STOPPED, HAD STRONG ELECTRICAL SMELL. A/C MOTOR & A 100 AMP CURRENT LIMITER REPLACED. NO DEFECTS NOTED, A/C SYS OPS CHECKED. ALL OPS & INDICATIONS OF SYSTEM WERE NORMAL WHILE A/C WAS RUN WITH ALL FANS AND NO ODORS NOTED. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

ATA 3297

Part: CONNECTOR — DISCONNECTED (CONTROL HANDLE) · airframe 3,571 hrs · 3,069 cycles

ON VISUAL APPROACH, LANDING GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN, DID NOT RECEIVE A GREEN GEAR POSITION INDICATION OR A GEAR UNSAFE INDICATION. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. CHECKED LANDING GEAR ANNUNCIATORS USING ROTARY SWITCH, STILL DID NOT RECEIVE INDICATION. A LOW PASS WAS MADE PAST THE TOWER AND CONFIRMATION WAS GIVEN FROM THE TOWER THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN. AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND CONNECTOR P1013 ON LANDING GEAR CONTROL HANDLE TO BE PARTIALLY DISCONNECTED. THE CONNECTOR WAS RECONNECTED AND NEW BULBS WERE INSTALLED FOR DOWN LOCK INDICATORS. A LANDING GEAR EXTENSION AND RETRACTION FUNCTIONAL TEST WAS PERFORMED WITH NO NOTED DEFECTS. THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION LEVER WAS RESET.