Service difficulty report · Unknown · Urocop EC130B4

Difficulty date
June 13, 2016
Submitted
June 15, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N132LN
Make and model
Urocop EC130B4
Aircraft serial
3970
Aircraft time
5,107 hours, 12,968 cycles
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL2B1
Engine time
5,235 hours, 9,245 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

IN CRUISE FLIGHT, ABOUT A MINUTE BEFORE LANDING BACK AT AIRPORT, THE PILOT NOTED A FUEL ODOR IN THE CABIN. LANDED AT THE AIRPORT NORMALLY WITH NO ISSUES OTHER THAN THE FUEL ODOR. REMOVED THE BELLY PANEL UNDER THE FUEL TANK AND DID NOT SEE AND EVIDENSE OF FUEL LEAKING NOR ODOR OF FUEL. OPENED UP THE TRANSMISSION COWLING AND ENGINE COWLINGS WHERE FUEL ARE AND SEEN NO FUEL LEAKS NOR SMELLED FUEL. AFTER THE BELLY PANEL WAS REINSTALLED, THE COWLING CLOSED AND SECURED, AND NO SIGNS OF FUEL LEAKS NOR ODOR COULD BE FOUND. ACCOMPANIED THE PILOT ON THE FLIGHT AND HE PERFORMED 23 MINUTES OF FLYING. DURING THIS FLIGHT THE PILOT MADE A NORMAL TAKEOFF FROM THE AIRPORT, DURING CRUISE FLIGHT WE MADE TURNS AND HE ROCKED THE ACFT FROM SIDE TO SIDE GENTLY, AND THEN MADE A NORMAL APPROACH AND LANDING BACK AT THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT. AT NO TIME DID WE DETECT THE ODOR FUEL IN THE CABIN.

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