SDR 98ZZZX4813

Service difficulty report · Matrix Block · Bell 214ST

Difficulty date
December 11, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N3897N
Make and model
Bell 214ST
Aircraft serial
28106
Part
Matrix Block
Part number
M8171417031
Condition
Failed
Location
E/E Bay
Stage of operation
NR
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

CREW REPORTED CRACKLING SOUND IN HEADSETS FOLLOWED BY A TOXIC SMELLING SMOKE. CREW IMMEDIATELY DIVERTED TO NEAREST PLATFORM. ALL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS WERE SHUT DOWN AND AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE. 115 VOLT CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR COPILOT FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS HAD TRIPPED. MAINTENANCE FOUND MATRIX BLOCK IN NOSE 'BURNT'. REF: 214ST IPC, CHAPTER 96-99-00, PAGE 1B, FIGURE 96-2, ITEM 69.

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