- Difficulty date
- December 2, 2014
- Submitted
- December 3, 2014
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Snias AS350B3
- Aircraft serial
- 4214
- Aircraft time
- 2,866 hours, 8,315 cycles
- Engine
- Tmeca ARRIEL2B1
- Engine time
- 2,701 hours, 2,077 cycles
- Part
- Wire
- Condition
- Melted
- Location
- Cockpit
- 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
ON STARTUP SMOKE OBSERVED ON RT SIDE OF AVIONICS PANEL FROM BOTTOM OF PANEL.