Service difficulty report · Connector · Urocop EC135P2

Difficulty date
June 9, 2011
Submitted
June 10, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N438CM
Make and model
Urocop EC135P2
Aircraft serial
0830
Aircraft time
865 hours, 3,159 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW206B2
Part
Connector
Part number
03092022
Condition
Melted
Location
Aft Evaporator
Part time
865 hours, 3,159 cycles
Component
Aft Evaporator
Component part number
EC1356201
Stage of operation
LD
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

ON FINAL TO BASE, A SLIGHT ELECTRICAL ODOR WAS NOTED TO BE COMING FROM THE AIRCRAFT VENT/AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM. ACFT HAS AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM STC SR00565DE INSTALLED. TECH DISCOVERED EVIDENCE OF OVERHEATING ON THE CONNECTOR ON WIRE HARNESS PN EC-135-8010-3. CONNECTOR IS MADE UP OF A PLUG, PN 03-09-1032 AND A RECEPTACLE, PN 03-09-2022. NOTIFIED MFG TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND DISCOVERED THAT MFG HAD ISSUED SB EC135-8010 REPLACING THE EFFECTED WIRE HARNESS AND CONNECTOR. MFG HAD NOT TRANSMITTED THE SB AND IT WAS NOT POSTED ON THEIR CUSTOMER SUPPORT WEBSITE.

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