Service difficulty report · Unknown · Airbus EC135P3

Difficulty date
March 22, 2026
Submitted
March 23, 2026
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N600H
Make and model
Airbus EC135P3
Aircraft serial
2288
Aircraft time
534 hours
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
CR
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

DURING CRUISE, CREW NOTED AN ELECTRICAL ODOR & COULD DETECT SOMETHING ODD. A FEW MOMENTS OF FLIGHT, CREW REPORTED THAT THEY COULD SMELL THE ELECTRICAL ODOR MUCH STRONGER & COULD SEE SMOKE IN ACFT INTERIOR LIGHTING. NOTED A DEFINITIVE ODOR MUCH STRONGER THAN BEFORE. DID NOT SEE SMOKE. IMMEDIATELY OPENED WINDOW & LANDED AT AIRPORT WE WERE FLYING OVER. BY THE TIME GOT ACFT TO THE GROUND PAD, THE ODOR HAD DISSIPATED. MEDICAL CREW HAD TURNED OFF MEDICAL INVERTER DURING THIS PROCESS. UPON LANDING, OPENED THE DOORS & SHUTDOWN ACFT. MX WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE ACFT ON INITIAL LOOK. DID FIND A CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED WITH FURTHER TROUBLESHOOTING. IT WAS MARKED OXY AND WAS 2 AMP.

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