Service difficulty report · Connector · Bell 206L4

Difficulty date
November 5, 2017
Submitted
November 9, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N486AE
Make and model
Bell 206L4
Aircraft serial
52467
Aircraft time
1,291 hours, 3,513 cycles
Part
Connector
Condition
Unsecure
Location
Battery Relay
Stage of operation
CL
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.

What was found

DURING DEPARTURE FROM BASE PILOT REPORTED AN ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR IN THE CABIN. ON MAINTENANCE INVESTIGATION, FOUND THAT THERE WAS A LOOSE CONNECTION AT THE BATTERY RELAY OF THE POSITIVE LEAD WIRE NR P1A4. THE LOOSE CONNECTION DAMAGED THE RING TERMINALS ON WIRES P16A22, P16A18, AND THE INTELLISTART POWER LEAD TO FUSE HOLDER WIRE.

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