Service difficulty report · Unknown · Bell 222U

Difficulty date
December 18, 2008
Submitted
December 23, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N224LN
Make and model
Bell 222U
Aircraft serial
47552
Aircraft time
11,762 hours
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
AA
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

ACFT DEPARTED HOSPITAL FOR RETURN TO BASE ON THIRD LEG OF SECOND MISSION OF THE DAY. APPROX 5 MIN INTO FLIGHT, A CREWMEMBER STATED THAT HE SMELLED AN ELECTRICAL ODOR EMITTING IN THE AFT AREA OF THE CABIN. PILOT CHECKED GAUGES, WHICH ALL WERE IN NORMAL OPERATING RANGES, AND PROCEEDED TO NEAREST AIRPORT TO HAVE A MECHANIC INVESTIGATE POTENTIAL ACFT PROBLEM. MECHANIC WENT TO ACFT AND COULD NOT SMELL AN ODOR. MECHANIC REQUESTED PILOT TO RUN THE ACFT AND RECONFIGURED MEDICAL AND INTERIOR TO MATCH WHEN THE ODOR WAS ENCOUNTERED. RAN THE AIRCRAFT FOR 20 MINUTES, INSPECTED WALL AND OUTLETS BUT COULD NOT DETECT THE ODOR.

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