Service difficulty report · Belt · Bolkms BK117C2

Difficulty date
November 20, 2025
Submitted
November 20, 2025
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N149AH
Make and model
Bolkms BK117C2
Aircraft serial
9868
Aircraft time
2,213 hours, 7,828 cycles
Part
Belt
Part number
9385
Part serial
1019
Condition
Sheared
Location
Ac Compressor
Part time
232 hours
Component
Ac Compressor
Component part number
10356074
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
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

PER PILOT REPORT: UPON IMMEDIATELY DEPARTING THE AIRFIELD, THE TWO CREW MEMBERS IN THE REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT STATED THAT THEY SMELLED SOME KIND OF SMOKE. UPON HEARING THE AFOREMENTIONED INFORMATION, I IMMEDIATELY EXECUTED A 180 DEGREE TURN TOWARD THE LANDING AREA IN WHICH WE HAD JUST DEPARTED. AT NO TIME DID I OR MY LEFT SEATED CREWMEMBER SMELL ANYTHING ABNORMAL. ALSO, THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS IN THE COCKPIT OR CAUTION ADVISORY PANEL. MX ACTIONS: FOUND COMPRESSOR HAD SEIZED, AND AC BELT HAD SNAPPED. BOTH ITEMS FOUND FAULTY HAVE SINCE BEEN CHANGED TO INCLUDE TO HOSES.