Service difficulty report · Motor · Urocop EC130B4

Difficulty date
July 15, 2015
Submitted
July 17, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N130GC
Make and model
Urocop EC130B4
Aircraft serial
3562
Aircraft time
12,331 hours, 26,828 cycles
Part
Motor
Part number
2807510155I
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Blower
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

AFTER DEPARTURE, AN ODOR OF A WIRE BURNING AND SHORTLY AFTER, SMOKE APPEARED TO COME FROM BEHIND THE COCKPIT. TURNED THE AIR CONDITIONING OFF AND THE SMOKE STOPPED, TURNED AROUND AND LANDED BACK AT DEPARTURE. UNABLE TO DUPLICATED, IDENTIFIED THE BLOWER AS INOPERATIVE, BLOWER WAS REPAIRED AND AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE WITH NO FURTHER ISSUES.

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