Service difficulty report · Blower · Urocop EC130B4

Difficulty date
October 4, 2018
Submitted
October 8, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N209LF
Make and model
Urocop EC130B4
Aircraft serial
4960
Aircraft time
2,917 hours, 10,042 cycles
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL2B1
Engine time
4,243 hours, 6,751 cycles
Part
Blower
Part number
ES611421
Condition
Odor
Location
Ac Bay
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

WHILE ON APPROACH TO HOSPITAL LANDING PAD, THE GENERATOR DISENGAGED. IT WAS RESET, AND THE SUBSEQUENT APPROACH AND LANDING WERE COMPLETED NORMALLY. THE CREW REPORTED AN ELECTRICAL ODOR AFTER LANDING. UPON INSPECTION, NO PROBLEMS WERE FOUND WITH ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OR GENERATOR, NOR COULD THE FAILURE BE DUPLICATED. WHILE CHECKING OUT ALL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, USED AT TIME OF INCIDENT, AIR CONDITIONING STEM WAS TURN ON AND SAME ODOR WAS OBSERVED FROM AFT BLOWER FAN. THE MECHANIC INSPECTED THE SYSTEM, AND DETERMINED THAT IT WAS OPERATING NORMALLY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE AT THIS TIME.

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