Service difficulty report · Contactor · Urocop EC135P1

Difficulty date
November 6, 2008
Submitted
November 7, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N911KB
Make and model
Urocop EC135P1
Aircraft serial
0013
Aircraft time
7,180 hours, 24,461 cycles
Engine time
5,492 hours, 15,685 cycles
Part
Contactor
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Fire Detector
Component
Fire Detector · Pwc
Component part number
17343162400
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

DURING TAKEOFF, THE NR 1 ENGINE FIRE DETECTOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE WARNING PANEL. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE HELIPAD WITHOUT INCIDENT. DURING THE INSPECTION OF THE SYSTEM IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FIRE DETECTOR CONTACTORS WERE WET FROM A PREVIOUS RAIN STORM. THE CONTACTORS WERE CLEANED AND THE SYSTEM WAS OPERATING WITHIN LIMITS.

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