Service difficulty report · Line · Bell 407

Difficulty date
December 31, 2017
Submitted
January 2, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N450AM
Make and model
Bell 407
Aircraft serial
54435
Aircraft time
1,696 hours, 3,916 cycles
Part
Line
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Heater
Stage of operation
NR
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

CREW REPORTED AN ODOR COMING FROM THE HEATER DURING FLIGHT. HEATER SYSTEM WAS INSPECTED AND NO DEFECTS NOTED. SUSPECTED A SMALL AMOUNT OF SOAP AND WATER MIXTURE HAD GOTTEN INTO COMPRESSOR BLEED AIR HEATER LINE CAUSING A SHORT TERM ODOR WHEN HEATER WAS TURNED ON. PERFORMED GROUND RUN TO DETERMINE IF ODOR WAS STILL PRESENT WITH HEATER ON FULL HOT. SLIGHT ODOR WAS DETECTED BUT QUICKLY DISSIPATED IN 30 SECONDS, NO FURTHER ODORS WERE DETECTED. RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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