Service difficulty report · Drain Valve · Bolkms BK117C2

Difficulty date
August 27, 2024
Submitted
September 3, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N145TN
Make and model
Bolkms BK117C2
Aircraft serial
9092
Aircraft time
8,321 hours, 27,055 cycles
Part
Drain Valve
Part number
0174078030
Part serial
1335M
Condition
Unknown
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

FLIGHT MEDIC IN THE BACK OF THE AIRCRAFT STATED THAT HE THOUGHT HE SAW FLUID, WHICH HE THOUGHT WAS OIL, ON ONE OF THE THE CLAMSHELL DOOR WINDOWS. THERE WERE NO UNUSUAL COCKPIT INDICATIONS OR ODORS. WE HAD A BRIEF DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT HE WAS SEEING AND I DECIDED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT AT THE LZ. WE DISCUSSED HAVING THE CREW TAKE A LOOK AS THEY GOT OUT, AND I WOULD LOOK AT IS AS WELL. COUNTY FIRE AND CHP WERE ON SITE AND HAD BLOCKED OFF A SECTION OF TWO LANE COUNTY ROAD ROAD BETWEEN AGRICULTURAL FIELDS, WHERE WE MADE A NORMAL APPROACH AND LANDING SHORTLY BEFORE SUNRISE. IMMEDIATELY AFTER EXITING THE COCKPIT THE FLIGHT NURSE CAME AROUND TO MY SIDE AND INDICATED WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT LEAK. I PERFORMED A NORMAL SHUTDO