Service difficulty report · Power Supply · Urocop EC135P1

Difficulty date
February 7, 2012
Submitted
February 13, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N102H
Make and model
Urocop EC135P1
Aircraft serial
0159
Aircraft time
6,941 hours, 26,327 cycles
Part
Power Supply
Part number
0107706903
Part serial
HDS14280552
Condition
Failed
Location
Strobe
Part time
2 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
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

DETECTED AN ODOR AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE AFT RT AREA OF THE CABIN. PILOT CONFIRMED THE ODOR, AND LANDED IN A CLEARING ON THE ROADSIDE. MX INVESTIGATED AND DETERMINED THAT THE WING TIP STROBE LIGHT SYS WAS THE CAUSE. THE POWER SUPPLY UNIT WAS PREVIOUSLY REPLACED WITH A NEW UNIT THAT AFTERNOON AND OPS CHECKED GOOD. THE POWER CONNECTOR WAS REMOVED FROM THE UNIT (BAGGED AND SECURED) AND A 5 MINUTE GROUND RUN WAS PERFORMED WITH NO RE-OCCURANCE. MX CONCLUDED THAT EITHER THE POWER SUPPLY UNIT WAS FAULTY OR A CHAFED WIRE TO THE STROBE LIGHTS IS GROUNDED AND DAMAGED THE POWER SUPPLY UNIT.

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