# Incident 20100607005529I: Friday Harbor, WA, June 7, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 2010, 16:50 local time
- Place: Friday Harbor, WA
- Airport: Victoria International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: HJOF
- Location: 48.5339° N, 123.0190° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Friday Harbor, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.5339&lon=-123.0190&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100607005529I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

SIKORSKY S-76 HELICOPTER HEADING TO VANCOUVER FROM VICTORIA BC WAS FLYING ALONG CANADIAN AIRSPACE IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT 5500 FT, WHILE DOING CRUISE CHECKS, PIC HEARD A NOISE AS IF WASHER OR BOLT FELL FROM THE CB PANEL TO THE CENTER CONSOLE. THE FP LOOKED DOWN, THE NFP LOOKED UP AND SAW SPARKS COMING FROM THE VICINITY OF THE AFCS CB PANEL. THIS WAS FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY FLAMES COMING FROM THE SAME AREA. FP INITIATED DESCENT FOR A FIELD ON SAN JUAN ISLAND. NFP SAW FLAMES DIE OUT AND THEN FLARE UP AGAIN. NFP MADE A MAYDAY CALL TO VICTORIA TERMINAL 127.8. NFP PULLED OUT CHECKLIST AND INQUIRED ABOUT PULLING BUS TIE CBS. (ALL AROUND THE SAME TIME). PIC DECIDED TO GET THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER OFF THE CENTER CONSOLE. BY THEN A/C WERE NEARING THE LANDING SITE. REMAINDER OF CHECKS COMPLETED ON THE GROUND. THE FEEDER WIRES IN THE AFCS WAS FOUND TO HAVE DETERIORATED ALLOWING THE WIRES TO ARC AGAINST THA AFCS CB PANEL BOX. THE BOX WAS REMOVED AND REPAIRED IN VANCOUVER BC  AND WAS INSTALLED BACK ON THE HELICOPTER IN SAN JUAN, WA. AND WAS SIGNED-OFF BY A CERTIFICATED MECHANIC.  DEFECT WAS RECTIFIED AND A/C SATISFACTORY GROUND RUN.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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