Service difficulty report · Blower Motor · Bolkms BK117C2

Difficulty date
July 9, 2012
Submitted
July 12, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N145LF
Make and model
Bolkms BK117C2
Aircraft serial
9072
Part
Blower Motor
Condition
Shorted
Location
Aft Evaporator
Component
Aft Evaporator
Component part number
S6222EC1
Stage of operation
AA
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

WHILE ENROUTE, CREWMEMBERS REPORTED SMOKE IN CABIN. SHUT OFF AIR CONDITIONER AND ELECTRICAL GENERATORS, OPENED VENT WINDOWS, AND BEGAN A DESCENT FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN, AND APPLIED ROTOR BRAKE. SMOKE HAD AN ELECTRICAL ODOR TO IT, AND WAS COMING OUT OF THE LOX CABINET VENT IN PUFFS OF WHITE SMOKE. SMOKE STOPPED AFTER AIR CONDITIONER TURNED OFF. ACFT WAS INSPECTED AND RAN WITHOUT INCIDENT AND FLOWN TO THE CLOSEST AIRPORT. FOUND BLOWER MOTOR SHORTED.