Service difficulty report · Unknown · Bolkms BK117B2

Difficulty date
December 4, 2010
Submitted
December 7, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N612AM
Make and model
Bolkms BK117B2
Aircraft serial
7230
Aircraft time
10,789 hours, 34,646 cycles
Engine
Lyc LTS101750B1
Engine time
7,001 hours, 12,572 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
AP
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

ON FINAL APPROACH, THE COPILOT NOTICED AN ACRID ODOR IN THE COCKPIT. MOMENTS LATER, THE PILOT NOTICED THE SAME SMELL. THEY IMMEDIATELY LANDED AND EXITED THE ACFT AND NOTICED THAT THE ODOR WAS ISOLATED TO THE ACFT. THE ACFT WAS THEN SHUTDOWN, AND A MECHANIC WAS CALLED. THE MECHANIC THOROUGHLY INSPECTED THE ACFT, AND COULD NOT FIND THE SOURCE OF THE SMELL. THE PILOT THEN CONDUCTED A GROUND RUN WITH THE MECHANIC IN THE COCKPIT, AND THE ODOR COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. RETURNED ACFT TO SERVICE.