SDR JBZA20180430001

Service difficulty report · Plate · Airbus EC135P3

Difficulty date: April 25, 2018
Submitted: April 30, 2018
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N319RX
Make and model: Airbus EC135P3
Aircraft serial: 1223
Aircraft time: 1,080 hours, 2,350 cycles
System (JASC): 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
Part: Plate
Part number: L281M2010102
Condition: Leaking
Location: Zone 100
Part time: 1,080 hours, 2,350 cycles
Stage of operation: NR
How discovered: O
Nature of condition: K, 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 FLIGHT, THE PILOT TURNED THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM ON, AND CREW REPORTED AN ODOR OF FUEL IN THE COCKPIT, LANDED AT NEAREST AIRPORT 8 MINUTES LATER. DURING INSPECTION, FOUND FUEL SEEPING FROM THE FWD EQUIPMENT PLATE. TORQUE THE NUTS AND CORRECTED THE PROBLEM.

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