Service difficulty report · Compressor · Bolkms BK117C2

Difficulty date
July 28, 2010
Submitted
August 4, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N101VU
Make and model
Bolkms BK117C2
Aircraft serial
9039
Aircraft time
4,053 hours
Part
Compressor
Part number
SD7H154741
Part serial
09358704670
Condition
Inoperative
Location
A/C Pack
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

ON RETURN LEG, APPROX 8 MILES FROM BASE MED CREW NOTICED FUMES IN AFT CABIN AREA. FLT CONTINUED, ODOR DISSIPATED AND ACFT LANDED AT BASE IN APPROX 4 MINUTES. NO CHANGES IN GENERATOR LOADS OR OTHER INDICATIONS OF A PROBLEM WITH THE ACFT. UPON LANDING AT BASE, NOTED THE GREEN ECS ADVISORY LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED ON CAD. DURING MX TROUBLESHOOTING OF AIR CON SYSTEM, FOUND AIR CON CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED. TRIPPED CIRCUIT BREAKER CAUSED "ECS" CAUTION LIGHT ON CAD TO EXTINGUISH. DURING NORMAL OPS WITH AIR CON ON, "ECS" LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED. INSPECTION REVEALED COMPRESSOR CLUTCH INOP. NO VISUAL INDICATION OF OVERHEATING, SUSPECT CLUTCH WAS CAUSE OF ODOR. R & R AIR CON COMPRESSOR CLUTCH ASSY WITH NEW.