Service difficulty report · Thermocouple · Bell 212

Difficulty date
May 24, 2002
Submitted
July 31, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N16974
Make and model
Bell 212
Aircraft serial
30886
Part
Thermocouple
Part number
3024304
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AFTER SEVERAL FLIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT CHANGE OF PILOTS, THERE WAS NO T5 INDICATION DURING ENGINE START ON NR 2 ENGINE. DURING VISUAL INSPECTION IT WAS NOTED THAT A STUD HAD BROKEN OFF OF THE THERMAL COUPLE TERMINAL BLOCK TO WHICH EXTERNAL WIRING HARNESS CONNECTS. THE ENGINE WAS REMOVED, DISASSEMBLED, AND THE T5 THERMAL COUPLE HARNESS REPLACED, WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

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