Service difficulty report · Air Duct · Urocop EC130B4

Difficulty date
August 18, 2016
Submitted
August 22, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N306LF
Make and model
Urocop EC130B4
Aircraft serial
7116
Aircraft time
2,457 hours, 7,651 cycles
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL2B1
Engine time
2,457 hours, 7,651 cycles
Part
Air Duct
Condition
Unsecure
Location
Belly
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

REPOSITIONING FLIGHT. UTILIZED AIRCRAFT DEMIST DUE TO LIGHT RAIN. SCANNED THE LANDING AREA AND NOTICED SMOKE BUILDING IN THE AFT RIGHT SECTION OF THE CABIN. PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN AFTER LANDING AND EXITED IMMEDIATELY. NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE. LEADERSHIP AND MAINTENANCE NOTIFIED. NOTHING FURTHER. FOUND AIR DUCT THAT HAD COME UNGLUED CAUSING RESIDUAL GLUE TO BE IN THE HOT AIR STREAM. THE BLEED AIR WAS HOT ENOUGH TO HEAT THE GLUE AND CAUSE SMOKE AND AN ODOR INSIDE THE COCKPIT FROM THE DEMISTING SYSTEM.

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