Service difficulty report · Duct · Urocop AS365N3

Difficulty date
April 21, 2014
Submitted
April 28, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N577AM
Make and model
Urocop AS365N3
Aircraft serial
4425
Aircraft time
1,764 hours, 4,664 cycles
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL1D1
Engine time
1,764 hours, 5,854 cycles
Part
Duct
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Heater Sys
Stage of operation
AA
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

AFTER STARTING THE ENG FOR A SCENE FLIGHT, THE NURSE & MEDIC DETECTED AN UNIDENTIFIED ODOR. ATTEMPTS TO LOCALIZE & IDENTIFY THE ODOR WERE UNSUCCESSFUL & WE ELECTED TO SHUT DOWN WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. AFTER ADDITIONAL GND RUN, THE ODOR WAS DETERMINED TO BE DUST & POLLEN IN THE HEATER DUCT. THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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