Service difficulty report · Heater · Urocop EC130B4

Difficulty date
June 25, 2020
Submitted
June 25, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N132LN
Make and model
Urocop EC130B4
Aircraft serial
3970
Aircraft time
6,436 hours, 16,678 cycles
Part
Heater
Condition
Odor
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
HO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

DURING INITIAL TAKE-OFF HOVER MED CREW MEMBER SMELLED AN ELECTRICAL ODOR IN THE CABIN. PILOT LANDED BACK ON THE DOLLY AND TERMINATED FLIGHT. PRIOR TO FLIGHT AMT PERFORMED REQUIRED PREFLIGHT AIRWORTHINESS CHECK, DURING CHECK, THE BLEED AIR HEAT AND DEMISTING VALVES WHERE EXCERCISED TO ENSURE THAT THEY WHERE NOT JAMMING FROM NOT BEING USED (SUMMER MONTHS). BOTH SCREW TYPE VALVES NEXT TO PILOTS SEAT WHERE LEFT SLIGHTLY OPEN BY THE AMT TO PREVENT THERMAL LOCK. AFTER AIRCRAFT ABORTED MISSION AMT AND PILOT GROUND RAN AIRCRAFT FOR 20 MINS WITH 2 ENGINE STARTS, VALVES WHERE LEFT IN CLOSED POSITION NO ODOR, ONCE VALVES OPENED ODOR WAS PRESENT. AMT BROUGHT MEDCREW OUT TO RUNNING AIRCRAFT AND HAD THEM SMELL ODOR, CONFIRMED THAT IS WHAT THEY SMELLED. AMT AND PILOT DETERMINED NO DEFECTS, MERELY THE HEATER CAUSING THE ODOR. ONE MEDCREW STATED AFTERWARD THAT SHE REALIZED THAT WAS WHAT IS WAS AFTER THE FACT. AIRCRAFT HAD JUST RETURNED (APPROX 15 FLIGHT HOURS) FROM MAJOR MAINTENANCE 600 HOUR INSPECTION.

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