Service difficulty report · Pressure Switch · Bell 407

Difficulty date
August 23, 2017
Submitted
August 24, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N404LL
Make and model
Bell 407
Aircraft serial
53446
Aircraft time
7,714 hours, 21,595 cycles
Part
Pressure Switch
Part number
ES571781
Condition
Failed
Location
Air Con Sys
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

PARAMEDIC ADVISED STRANGE BURNING ODOR WITH FUMES AND POSSIBLE SMOKE IN CABIN. TURNED OFF THE AIR CONDITIONER AND VENTED THE COCKPIT AND CABIN WHICH REMEDIED THE SITUATION. FOUND PRESSURE SWITCH BLOWN APART IN PIECES, RELEASING ALL OF THE FREON FROM THE SYSTEM. THE RESULTING FREON OIL MIXTURE WOULD EXPLAIN THE SMELL AND HAZE REPORTED IN THE AFT CABIN. SYSTEM WAS DEACTIVATED, SECURED, AND DEFERRED UNDER THE MEL UNTIL PARTS AND TOOLS FOR REPAIR ARE RECEIVED.

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