SDR 2006F00000

Service difficulty report · Power Supply · Bolkms BK117B1

Difficulty date
December 23, 2005
Submitted
January 6, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N330HH
Make and model
Bolkms BK117B1
Aircraft serial
7133
Aircraft time
12,494 hours, 54,613 cycles
Engine
Lyc LTS101750B1
Part
Power Supply
Part number
A463A
Part serial
09681
Condition
Smoke
Location
Aft Cabin
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON THE WAY TO PICK UP A PATIENT, IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT NIGHT, THE MEDICAL CREW IN THIS AIR AMBULANCE HELICOPTER DETECTED A BAD SMELL AND THEN SAW SMOKE IN THE AFT CABIN AREA. THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. AN UNSCHEDULED LANDING WAS MADE INTO A LARGE, WELL LIT, VACANT PARKING LOT AT A LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL. MAINTENANCE DETERMINED SMOKE TO BE FROM STROBE POWER SUPPLY. REPLACED POWER SUPPLY.