Service difficulty report · Monitoring Unit · Bell 407

Difficulty date
May 14, 2021
Submitted
May 17, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N613PA
Make and model
Bell 407
Aircraft serial
53627
Aircraft time
4,782 hours, 11,288 cycles
Engine
Allsn 250C47B
Engine time
7,578 hours, 5,278 cycles
Part
Monitoring Unit
Part number
ZOLLXSERIES83000
Part serial
4142F
Condition
Failed
Location
Cabin Area
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.

What was found

REPORTED SMOKE BILLOWING OUT OF THE TOP LEFT CORNER CABIN RIGHT ABOVE THE IRIS CAMERA AND BELOW THE GREENHOUSE. CREW SITTING IN AFT RIGHT FORWARD FACING SEAT SAW SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE MEDICAL ELECTRICAL MONITOR PLUG WHICH OPERATES ON 115V. CREW QUICKLY UNPLUGGED THE PLUG THAT WAS SMOKING. ONCE THE ELECTRICAL HAD BEEN CUT TO ALL THE SOURCES AND SMOKED CLEARED IN THE CABIN.

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