Service difficulty report · Bleed Air Sys · Bell 407

Difficulty date
December 28, 2010
Submitted
December 29, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N587AL
Make and model
Bell 407
Aircraft serial
53248
Aircraft time
15,612 hours
Engine
Allsn 250C47B
Engine time
5,229 hours
Part
Bleed Air Sys
Condition
Smoke
Location
Engine
Part time
5,229 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
V
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

IN CRUISE FLIGHT, FRONT SEAT PASSENGER ALERTED PILOT AN ODOR OF SOMETHING BURNING THEN SAW SMOKE BY HIS FEET (HEATER VENT AREA). PILOT TURNED OFF HEATER AND RETURNED TO BASE. ACFT EQUIPPED WITH ENGINE BLEED AIR HEATER. SUSPECTING AN ENGINE INTERNAL SEAL FAILURE, MX REMOVED ENGINE AND SENT TO ENGINE SHOP. NO FURTHER DETAILS AT THIS TIME.

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