Service difficulty report · Unknown · Urocop EC130B4

Difficulty date
October 29, 2014
Submitted
October 31, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N209LF
Make and model
Urocop EC130B4
Aircraft serial
4960
Aircraft time
1,765 hours, 5,922 cycles
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL2B1
Engine time
1,764 hours, 5,922 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Smoke
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

DURING CRUISE FLIGHT A CREW MEMBER REPORTED SEEING SMOKE IN THE CABIN FWD OF THE STRETCHER WITH A STRANGE SMELL IN THE CABIN. THE PILOT DID NOT WITNESS THIS SMOKE, BUT RETURNED TO BASE FOLLOWING A DISCUSSION WITH THE MEDICAL CREW. ONCE ON THE GND, THE PILOT COMMUNICATED VERBALLY WITH THE MECHANIC & IT WAS DETERMINED THE MOST LIKELY CAUSE TO BE FROM AN ENG WASH THE PREVIOUS DAY. THEY PERFORMED MULTIPLE GND RUNS FOLLOWING THIS EVENT & COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE ORIGINAL DISCREPANCY REPORTED BY THE MEDICAL CREW. THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE AT THIS TIME.

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