Service difficulty report · Wire · Agusta A119

Difficulty date
February 19, 2017
Submitted
February 23, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N207CF
Make and model
Agusta A119
Aircraft serial
14006
Aircraft time
7,040 hours, 18,028 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Cockpit
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 CRUISE, SMELLED A STONG ACRID ODOR WHICH APPEARED TO BE THAT OF AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. MONITORED THE GAUGES AND SAW NO INDICATION OF ANY MALFUNCTION. CHECKED THE COCKPIT FOR ANY SMOKE AND NONE NOTED. CONTINUE TO THE CLOSEST AIRPORT, ON LANDING AND SHUTDOWN, DID NOT FIND ANY INDICATIONS OF AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE. THE ODOR DISSAPAED AFTER SHUTDOWN. THE OVERHEAD CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL WAS LNSPECTED. NOTED THAT TWO WIRES ON THE COPILOTS HEADSET CONNECTOR WERE BROKEN. WIRES WERE SOLDIERED ONTO CONNECTOR AND NO FURTHER DEFECTS WERE NOTED. MECHANIC CONTINUED TO REMOVE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS FROM CENTER PEDISTAL FOR FURTHER INSPECTION. NO FURTHER DEFECTS WERE NOTED AND AFTER 3 GROUND RUNS, NO DETECTION OF ANY ABNORMAL ODORS NOTED. AIRCRAFT WAS RTS AND FLEW BACK WITH NO FURTHER ISSUES.

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