What was found
AFTER A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE ECS UNIT, IT WAS DISCOVERED ON ONE OF THE BLEED AIR LINES HAD CRACKED BY A WELDED AREA.
- Difficulty date
- September 1, 2012
- Submitted
- September 4, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N61AE
- Make and model
- Bell 206L1
- Aircraft serial
- 45470
- Aircraft time
- 13,557 hours, 22,459 cycles
- Engine
- Allsn 250C30P
- System (JASC)
- 3610 · Pneumatic Distribution System
- Part
- Line
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Bleed Air
- Part time
- 337 hours
- Stage of operation
- CR
- 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.