# SDR 97ZZZX2857

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: March 10, 1997
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: N427AL
- Make and model: Bell 407
- Registry model: [Bell 407](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-canada-407) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 53107
- System (JASC): [3212 · Emergency Flotation Section](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/3212)
- Part: Fusible Plug
- Part number: 8226003
- Condition: Failed
- Location: Rt Float Bottle
- Part time: 15 hours
- Component: 206073847103
- Stage of operation: IN
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZX2857

## Discrepancy

WHILE AIRCRAFT WAS SITTING ON MAINTENANCE RAMP, NITROGEN CAME OUT OF FUSIBLE PLUG.  THE INTERNAL PLUNGER CAME LOOSE OR SHEARED.

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