Service difficulty report · Heater · Snias AS350B3

Difficulty date
November 2, 2018
Submitted
November 5, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N679AM
Make and model
Snias AS350B3
Aircraft serial
3838
Aircraft time
5,766 hours, 18,415 cycles
Part
Heater
Condition
None
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
V
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

AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF . DURING CLIMB TO CRUISE ALTITUDE, CREW AND PILOT VISUALLY AND SMELLED SMOKE OR FUMES, AND A BURNING ODOR. PILOT TURNED AIRCRAFT AROUND AND LANDED AT DEPARTURE. THE ODOR WAS FROM THE HEATER BEING RAN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2 YEARS, THE AIRCRAFT IS ACTING AS SPARE FOR PORTALES, NM, BUT NORMALLY OPERATES IN LAS CRUCES. AFTER RAN HEATER AND AIR CONDITIONER FOR A GROUND RUN AND CHECK FLIGHT SMELL CLEARED, NO VISIBLE SMOKE WAS PRESENT DURING GROUND RUN OR CHECK FLIGHT. NO VISUAL SMOKE OR NOXIOUS ODORS WERE DETECTED.