Service difficulty report · Duct · Urocop EC130B4

Difficulty date
July 16, 2014
Submitted
July 18, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N132HN
Make and model
Urocop EC130B4
Aircraft serial
7481
Aircraft time
76 hours, 220 cycles
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL2B1
Engine time
76 hours, 116 cycles
Part
Duct
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Defog System
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES FROM LANDING THE DEFOG SYS & NOTICED A STRANGE SMELL, NOT BURNING ELEC, RUBBER, ETC. WHEN CLOSER TO LANDING HE COULD NOTICE A FAINT WISPS OF SMOKE IN THE NVG LIGHTING. THE DEFOG SYS WAS TURNED OFF & THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO THE BASE. AFTER MEDCREW EXITED ACFT, TURNED DEFOG SYS BACK ON TO CONFIRM PRESENCE OF LIGHT SMOKE, SMOKE WAS CONFIRMED. ACFT WAS SHUTDOWN. ACFT WAS AGAIN RUN UP & DEFOG SYS TURNED BACK ON TO TROUBLESHOOT. SMOKE WAS COMING FROM DEFOG SYS & NOT THE HEATER. NO EVIDENCE OF ANY FIRE WAS FOUND ANYWHERE IN THE ACFT. NO SOURCE OF SMOKE OR ODD SMELL HAS BEEN FOUND. REMOVED CABIN & MEDICAL INTERIOR TO GAIN ACCESS TO DUCTING FOR THE DEFOG SYS. DUCTS WERE REMOVED & CLEANED, RE-INSTALLED, & THE ACFT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY GND RUN WITH DEFOG SYS OPERATIONAL. NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED & THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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