Service difficulty report · Terminal · Urocop EC130B4

Difficulty date
April 27, 2017
Submitted
May 1, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N47HN
Make and model
Urocop EC130B4
Aircraft serial
7317
Aircraft time
2,029 hours, 5,688 cycles
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL2B1
Engine time
2,029 hours, 5,688 cycles
Part
Terminal
Condition
Broken
Location
K5 Relay
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

THE PILOT REPORTED AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE WITH LOSS OF GPS1 , TRANSPONDER, AND HSI INDICATION. THE MECHANIC INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND FOUND A BROKEN WIRE THAT FEEDS THE K5 RELAY DIRECT BATTERY CIRCUIT. REPLACED THE BROKEN TERMINAL. SYSTEM OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD. AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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