Service difficulty report · Wire · Urocop EC130B4

Difficulty date
May 21, 2019
Submitted
May 22, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N47HN
Make and model
Urocop EC130B4
Aircraft serial
7317
Aircraft time
3,011 hours, 8,534 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Chafed
Location
Audio Panel
Stage of operation
CL
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

DISCREPANCY REPORTED BY PILOT, "AFTER TAKEOFF, HAD A STRONG ODOR OF ELECTRICAL SMOKE AND HAD NO INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS. RETURNED TO THE PORTSMOUTH, OH BASE." INSPECTED SYSTEM AND FOUND A CHAFFED WIRE GOING TO PILOT'S AUDIO PANEL THAT HAD SHORTED AND POPPED THE PILOT ICS CIRCUIT BREAKER. REPAIRED WIRE AND PROTECTED AGAINST FUTURE DAMAGE. RESET PILOT ICS CIRCUIT BREAKER.

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