Service difficulty report · Booster · Hughes 269C1

Difficulty date
October 24, 2008
Submitted
November 6, 2008
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N2014T
Make and model
Hughes 269C1
Aircraft serial
0313
Aircraft time
701 hours
Engine
Lyc HIO360G1A
Engine time
701 hours
Part
Booster
Part number
SS1001
Part serial
07109007
Condition
Exploded
Location
Zone 100
Part time
701 hours
Component
Magneto · Slick
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, A
Precautionary procedure
E, H

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

What was found

START MAGNETO, START BOOSTER BOX PN SS1001 BLEW THE TOP PORTION APART. IT CAUGHT ON FIRE AND SMOKE WENT EVERYWHERE. INSPECTED HELICOPTER WHEN SMOKE CLEARED AND COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. TURNED OFF THE FUEL AND BUMPED THE STARTER AND FOUND THE PROBLEM TO BE THE START BOX. WITHIN JUST BUMPING THE STARTER , HELICOPTER WAS COVERED IN SMOKE. I REMOVED AND REPLACED THE BOX AND INSPECTED ALL THE WIRING AND ALL IS WORKING JUST FINE NOW. BIGGEST PROBLEM I SEE IS THAT THE SLICK START BOX SETS TO CLOSE TO THE FUEL MAIN LINE, WITCH COULD OF LED TO A COMPLETE LOSS OF AIRCRAFT.