Service difficulty report · Pump · Urocop EC130B4

Difficulty date
January 12, 2014
Submitted
January 27, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N130HN
Make and model
Urocop EC130B4
Aircraft serial
7366
Aircraft time
432 hours, 1,818 cycles
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL2B1
Engine time
432 hours, 597 cycles
Part
Pump
Condition
Seized
Location
Hyd System
Part time
432 hours, 1,818 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, CREW NOTICED THE ODOR OF SMOKE IN COCKPIT, FOLLOWED SHORTLY BY THE HYD & SERVO AMBER CAUTION LIGHT, RT HYD SYS FAILURE. THERE WAS NO LOSS OF ACFT CONTROLLABILITY, RETURNED TO DEPARTURE WITHOUT FURTHER DAMAGE OR INCIDENT. AFTER SHUTDOWN, DISCOVERED THE BELT FOR THE RT HYD PUMP UNDERNEATH THE MAIN ROTOR TRANSMISSION & PUMP ITSELF WAS COMPLETELY SEIZED. REPLACED PUMP DRIVE ASSEMBLY. FUNCTIONAL CHECKED GOOD WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. THE ACFT WAS THEN RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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