Service difficulty report · Compressor · Urocop EC130B4

Difficulty date
August 22, 2007
Submitted
August 22, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N130LN
Make and model
Urocop EC130B4
Aircraft serial
3506
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL2B1
Part
Compressor
Part number
S3036EC1
Condition
Seized
Location
Air Conditioner
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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What was found

AIR CONDITIONER BELT HAD BEEN REPLACE. AC RELEASED FOR FLIGHT. AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME WE WERE TONED FOR A SCENE CALL. ABOUT 30 SECONDS AFTER TAKEOFF, SMELLED SMOKE, AIR CONDITIONER WAS TURNED OFF BUT THE SMELL OF SMOKE GOT WORSE SO A 180 TURN WAS MADE AND RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT. WHEN THE MECHANIC INSPECTED THE AIR CONDITIONER UNIT, THE COMPRESSOR HAD SEIZED. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED AND PARTS REPLACED.

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