Service difficulty report · Evaporator · Bell 407

Difficulty date
December 15, 2022
Submitted
December 18, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N193AM
Make and model
Bell 407
Aircraft serial
54004
Aircraft time
5,424 hours, 19,196 cycles
Part
Evaporator
Part number
56116EC456116EC3
Part serial
EC3791C67491
Condition
Burned
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

PILOT WAS STARTING AIRCRAFT DURING GROUND IDLE. TURNED AIR-CONDITIONING ON, CREW REPORTED SMOKE EMITTING FROM PILOT AND CO PILOTS VENTS. CREW SHUT DOWN AIRCRAFT AND ALERTED MAINTENANCE. MAINTENANCE WAS ABLE TO SEE THE RESIDUAL SMOKE, PULLED THE FAN MOTORS TO EXAMINE THE INTERNAL CONDITION OF THE EVAPORATOR. FOUND MELTED PLASTIC ON THE RESISTOR ON THE EVAPORATOR, AND THE RESISTOR ON THE OTHER EVAPORATOR LOOKED TO HAVE BURN MARKS ON IT.

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