Service difficulty report · Wire Harness · Urocop EC135T2

Difficulty date
August 31, 2010
Submitted
September 2, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N104VU
Make and model
Urocop EC135T2
Aircraft serial
0704
Aircraft time
857 hours, 2,538 cycles
Part
Wire Harness
Part number
SBEC1358010
Condition
Burned
Location
Aft Blower
Part time
332 hours
Component
Blower Assy
Component part number
EC13568441
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

A STRONG ELECTRICAL ODOR WAS NOTICED BY THE PILOT AND THE MEDICAL CREW MEMBERS ON A RETURN FLIGHT TO THE BASE. IT WAS BELIEVED TO BE COMING FROM THE AIR CONDITIONING SYS. ONCE ON THE GROUND AND SHUTDOWN, THE ODOR WAS STRONGEST IN THE RT CABIN OVERHEAD LOCATION. AFTER INSP, THE MECHANIC HAD FOUND THAT THE AFT AIR CONDITIONING BLOWER ASSY HAD A BADLY BURNED "MOLEX STYLE" DISCONNECT. THIS PARTICULAR DISCONNECT AND ASSOCIATED HARNESS ASSY WAS JUST REPLACED, SB EC135-8010, REV N/C, DATED 11/15/09 IN FEBRUARY 2010. THIS ACFT IS JUST 60 HOURS OUT OF AN 800 HR INSP WHERE THERE WAS NO NOTICEABLE SIGNS OF OVERHEATING IN THAT AREA. THE NEW HARNESS HAS BEEN ORDERED IAW THE PREVIOUSLY COMPLIED WITH SB.

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