Service difficulty report · Battery · Bell 407

Difficulty date
June 12, 2024
Submitted
June 14, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N404LL
Make and model
Bell 407
Aircraft serial
53446
Aircraft time
10,630 hours, 27,970 cycles
Part
Battery
Part number
GR407
Part serial
41275223
Condition
Failed
Location
Master
Stage of operation
AA
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

AFTER STARTING ENGINE A STRONG SMELL OF SULFUR WAS DETECTED IN COCKPIT. PILOT INSTRUCTED CLINICIAN TO GO OUTSIDE AND VERIFY ANY ODORS FROM AIRCRAFT HE REPORTED ROTTEN EGGS SMELL. PILOT IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN AIRCRAFT. START PROCEDURES APPEARED NORMAL VDC DROPPED TO 18 THEN RECOVERED AND AFTER GENERATOR WAS PLACED ON LINE 28.5 VOLTS WITH 100 AMPS AND DECLINING.

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