On 9/19/05 1:40 PM, in article ,
"dlevy" wrote:

I had something very similar happen very recently.

On climbout, vfr (squaking 1200), I smelled something burning - a very
strong smell. I turned back to the airport and just a quickly as it came
the smell went away. No obvious panel problems - no breaker tripped - and
the smell stopped. I turned around again and continued on. As I got within
radar contact of home base, approach couldn't pick me up. The narco
transponder appeared to be working fine. A resister in the transponder
burned up.

Adding to the adrenalin rush was the fact that there was so much traffic at
the class D airport I couldn't even get a chance to let the tower know I had
smoke in the cockpit. This was in Houma, LA which is the closest open
airport to New Orleans. There were airplanes *everywhere*.


I wouldn't have continued on if I were you. Obviously it worked out for you,
but we know that something had to create that smell, and it might have been
the first link in the chain of events that led to an unhappy ending.
Breaking that chain may not be possible after you've had that first chance.
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