Service difficulty report · Bonding Strap · Snias AS350B2

Difficulty date
July 2, 2011
Submitted
July 5, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N147LM
Make and model
Snias AS350B2
Aircraft serial
4475
Aircraft time
1,032 hours, 3,145 cycles
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL1D1
Engine time
1,032 hours, 1,975 cycles
Part
Bonding Strap
Part number
93931012055
Condition
Broken
Location
Sump Drain
Part time
1,032 hours, 3,145 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
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

ARRIVED AT HELICOPTER, THE FUEL QUANTITY INDICATION WENT FROM 50 PERCENT TO 0 PERCENT. AN UNUSUAL ODOR FOLLOWED DURING FLIGHT. TROUBLESHOT SYS, FOUND WITH A/C ELECTRIC POWER ON, AND BOOST PUMPS ON. FLUCTUATING FUEL INDICATION, LOW FUEL PRESSURE, AND INOP FUEL PRESSURE LIGHT. FOUND COMMON GROUND WIRE TERMINAL END FOR THE INDICATION, THE FUEL PRESSURE AND THE PRESSURE SWITCH, "BROKEN". RECONNECTED GROUND USING A NEW TERMINAL END IAW AEC SPM, OPS-CHECKED SYSTEM, ALL INDICATIONS NORMAL, NO EVIDENCE OF ODOR IN CABIN. ACFT RELEASED FOR FLIGHT.