Service difficulty report · Defog System · Bell 206L1

Difficulty date
October 20, 2018
Submitted
October 24, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N101AE
Make and model
Bell 206L1
Aircraft serial
45454
Aircraft time
28,363 hours, 23,531 cycles
Part
Defog System
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Cockpit
Part time
28,363 hours, 23,531 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
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 WITH PATIENT ON BOARD. PILOT WAS FLYING IN LIGHT RAIN WITH A TEMPERATURE AROUND 50 DEGREES. PILOT REPORTED TO AIR EVAC OCC THAT HIS WIND SCREEN WAS FOGGING UP HEAVILY. AND HIS VISIBILITY WAS REDUCED, DUE TO WIND SCREEN DEFOGGER NOT WORKING. HE PROCEEDED TO LAND AT THE NEAREST AIRPORT. OCC TALK WITH THE PILOT VIA RADIOS TO INSURE ALL WERE SAFE. AND TO INSURE ALL VALVES AND SWITCHES WERE ON FOR THE DEFOG SYSTEM. PILOT REPORTED JUST BEFORE LANDING HIS WIND SCREEN WAS CLEARING UP. AN AMT WAS DISPATCHED AND INSPECTED THE SYSTEM WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. A GROUND RUN AND OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS COMPLETED WITH THE DEFOG SYSTEM TURNED ON. NO DEFECTS NOTED.THE PATIENT WAS TAKEN THE REST OF THE WAY BY GROUND TRANSPORT. AND THE AIRCRAFT HAS BEEN IN SERVICE WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENTS.

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