What was found
SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF THE PILOT OBSERVED A SERIES OF SPARKS AND SMOKE ORIGINATING FROM A SELF ILLUMINATING PANEL IN THE CENTER CONSOLE. MISSION WAS ABORTED AND AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO BASE.
- Difficulty date
- July 7, 2006
- Submitted
- July 7, 2006
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N132LN
- Make and model
- Urocop EC130B4
- Aircraft serial
- 3970
- Aircraft time
- 196 hours, 522 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2300 · Communications System
- Part
- Control Panel
- Part number
- 9005968REVPR
- Part serial
- 9819
- Condition
- Shorted
- Location
- Radio Console
- Part time
- 196 hours
- Stage of operation
- NR
- 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.