Service difficulty report · Unknown · Urocop EC130B4

Difficulty date
March 6, 2015
Submitted
March 12, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N202AE
Make and model
Urocop EC130B4
Aircraft serial
3343
Aircraft time
2,855 hours, 8,179 cycles
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL1D1
Engine time
11,275 hours, 18,310 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Smoke
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
H, A

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

What was found

AT CRUISE FLIGHT, THE PILOT TURNED ON THE CABIN HEAT & APPROX 3 MINUTES LATER, THE MEDICAL CREW NOTICED SMOKE FILLING UP THE CABIN AS WELL AS NOXIOUS FUMES. THE CABIN HEAT WAS TURNED OFF & THE WINDOWS WERE OPENED TO VENT THE CABIN. THE FLIGHT WAS ABORTED & THE ACFT RETURNED TO BASE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. ONCE ON THE GND, THE MECHANIC ARRIVED TO INSPECT THE ACFT HEATING SYS. AFTER NO OBVIOUS DEFECTS WERE FOUND, A 20 MINUTE GND RUN WAS COMPLETED. THE SMOKE & FUMES COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED & THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE AT THAT TIME.

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