Service difficulty report · Wire · Bell 222U

Difficulty date
May 23, 2009
Submitted
May 26, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N220LN
Make and model
Bell 222U
Aircraft serial
47567
Aircraft time
6,342 hours
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Map Light
Part time
6,342 hours
Stage of operation
HO
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

THE ACFT HAD BEEN STARTED IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST FOR A SCENE CALL AND JUST BEEN BROUGHT TO A HOVER, DETECTED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. THE ACFT WAS SET BACK DOWN ON THE PAD, WHILE SCANNING THE INSTRUMENTS AND COCKPIT FOR A SOURCE OF THE SMOKE. IT WAS OBSERVED COMING FROM THE RT (PILOTS) DOORPOST MAP LIGHT. THE LIGHT WAS SHUT OFF, THE SMOKE DISSIPATED AND THE ACFT SHUT DOWN. ON CALL MX WERE NOTIFIED AND ARE ENROUTE. ON INSP A BROKEN WIRE WAS DISCOVERED AND REPAIRED. ACFT WAS STARTED WITH NO SMOKE AND LIGHT WORKING.

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