Service difficulty report · Transceiver · Agusta A119

Difficulty date
June 17, 2016
Submitted
June 20, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N803CF
Make and model
Agusta A119
Aircraft serial
14538
Aircraft time
4,364 hours, 11,149 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6B37A
Engine time
4,814 hours, 10,636 cycles
Part
Transceiver
Part number
AR4201
Part serial
13836
Condition
Failed
Location
Vhf Comm
Stage of operation
AA
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING AN IFT AT APPROXIMATELY 1 MINUTE OUT FROM LANDING A SPARK/FLASH WAS NOTICED FROM THE DASH AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF SMOKE WAS NOTICED COMING OUT OF THE TOP OF THE GLARE SHIELD THROUGH SOME VENTS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY AN ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR. A QUICK LOOK AT THE GAUGES, THE PILOT NOTICED A COMM 2 FAILURE AND TURNED IT TO THE OFF POSITION IMMEDIATELY. NO FURTHER SIGN OF FIRE WAS EVIDENT. PILOT USED THE COCKPIT VENTS TO EXHAUST THE CABIN OF THE ODOR AND MADE AN IMMEDIATE DIVERSION FOR AIRPORT A SHORT 3 MINUTE FLIGHT AWAY NOTIFYING THE CREW WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE PATIENT TO GO BY AMBULANCE FROM THE AIRPORT. A NORMAL SHUTDOWN PROCEDURE WAS APPLIED. ALL CREW MEMBERS SAFELY EXITED THE ACFT WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. AFTER DISASSEMBLY OF GLARE SHIELD TO VERIFY THAT THERE WAS NOT ANY BURNED WIRING, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE COMM 2 RADIO HAD FAILED.

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