Service difficulty report · Discharge Tube · Urocop EC130B4

Difficulty date
August 28, 2015
Submitted
August 31, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N133PH
Make and model
Urocop EC130B4
Aircraft serial
3939
Aircraft time
12,801 hours, 12,973 cycles
Part
Discharge Tube
Part number
5700700A
Condition
Burst
Location
Ac System
Part time
12,790 hours
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

PILOT FLYING BACK, NOTICED AIR CONDITIONING WAS BEGAN BLOWING HOT AIR, HE THEN SWITCHED FROM AC TO FAN & BACK TO AC. THEN HE NOTICED THAT THAT GREY SMOKE STARTED TO FILL THE CABIN OF THE ACFT. NO ELEC SMELL WAS NOTICED. PILOT PERFORMED AN UNSCHEDULED LANDING. ACFT WAS THEN INSPECTED & DETERMINED THAT THE VISIBLE GREY SMOKE NOTICED WAS THE SYS DISCHARGING THE R134 INTO THE AIR CONDITION VENT SYS. NO ACTUAL BURNING OF ANY KIND OCCURRED IT WAS A THE R134 VAPOR, THE AIR CONDITIONING DISCHARGE LINE BURST NEXT TO THE PYLON DECK, LT SIDE NEXT TO THE AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR. THE LINE WAS REPLACED & SYS SERVICED WITH R134, FUNCTIONALLY TESTED & FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED.

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