Service difficulty report · Valve · Urocop EC130B4

Difficulty date
June 19, 2014
Submitted
June 20, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N137HN
Make and model
Urocop EC130B4
Aircraft serial
7371
Aircraft time
663 hours, 2,385 cycles
Part
Valve
Part number
0292950090
Part serial
673
Condition
Faulty
Location
Engine
Part time
663 hours, 2,385 cycles
Stage of operation
AA
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DEPARTED BASE FOR A SCENE FLIGHT AT 16:06. LANDED ON SCENE AT 16:35. AFTER AN EXTENDED RUN TIME ON THE GND SHUT DOWN THE ENG TO SAVE MY FUEL FOR THE MISSION. AFTER LOADING THE PATIENT IN THE ACFT THE ENG FAILED TO RESTART. IT REACHED 210 RPM & ACTED AS IF IT WAS A HUNG START. START ABORTED & ACFT CALLED & NOTIFIED MECHANICS. MX FOUND THE FUEL VLV TO BE FAULTY. THE PART WAS REPLACED & THIS ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED.

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