N101LN

ATA 2697

Part: CONNECTOR — LOOSE (FIRE DETECTOR) · airframe 4,295 hrs · 15,782 cycles

IN CRUISE, DURING FERRY FLIGHT FIRE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. STARTED AUTHORITATIVE TYPE DECENT DOING NOTHING WITH FUEL CONTROL. ONCE IN DECENT LOOKED OVER THE REST OF THE INSTRUMENTS AND EVERYTHING LOOKED NORMAL. DID SLIGHT S TURN TO SEE IF I WAS TRAILING ANY SMOKE WHICH WAS NOT THE CASE. DECIDED TO KEEP POWER ON FOR LANDING. LANDING UNEVENTFUL. SHUTDOWN ACFT AND EXITED DOING A WALK AROUND TO FIND NO VISIBLE DAMAGE OR ANY INDICATION OF FIRE. TROUBLESHOOTING OF THE FIRE DETECTION SYS REVEALED A LOOSE CRIMP-TYPE CONNECTER ON THE FORWARD LOWER LT FIRE DETECTOR ELECTRICAL CONNECTION. CONNECTOR APPEARED TO BE FAIRLY NEW, BUT HAD NOT BEEN SUFFICIENTLY CRIMPED TO PROVIDE A SECURE CONNECTION. RE-CRIMPED THE CONNECTOR SECURELY, DOCUMENTED MX ON LOF LEAF 705490, THEN APPROVED THE ACFT FOR RETURN TO SERVICE/COMPLETION OF FERRY FLIGHT.

ATA 2110

Part: BELT — SPLIT (AIR COMPRESSOR) · airframe 4,235 hrs

ON CLIMBOUT AFTER TAKEOFF, AIR CONDITIONER WAS TURNED ON. AIR CONDITIONER DID NOT BLOW COLD AIR AND ODOR OF BURNING RUBBER WAS DETECTED IN CABIN. AIR CONDITIONER WAS SWITCHED OFF, TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED AND ACFT LANDED BACK AT DEPARTURE POINT. VISUAL INSP AFTER LANDING, REVEALED THAT THERE WAS NO FIRE AND THAT THE AIR CONDITIONER BELT WAS SHREDDED.

ATA 2400

Part: UNKNOWN — MULTIPLE FAIL · airframe 4,181 hrs

DURING FLIGHT, PILOT REPORTED THE ACFT ENCOUNTERED AN INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION. NO CAUTION OR WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. AT APPROX 10MIN INTO THE FLIGHT ALL RADIOS AND MOST SYS AND NAVIGATION INSTRUMENTS FAILED. ROTOR AND N2 REMAINED IN THE NORMAL OPERATING RANGE. ACFT MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. MECHANIC ARRIVED TO TROUBLESHOOT SYS TO FIGURE OUT THE CAUSE. AT THAT TIME, CHECKED THE MAIN ACFT BATTERY FOR PROPER CONNECTION. CHECKED OK. CHECKED WIRES ON THE STARTER GENERATOR, CHECKED OK. CHECKED THE MAIN WIRE GOING INTO THE AVIONICS BUSS BAR, IT TOO, CHECKED OK. CHECK ALL SWITCHES ON THE CENTER CONSOLE FOR PROPER OPERATION GEN., MASTER DISCONNECT AVIONICS SWITCH. BATTERY SWITCH, INSPECTED THE PP6 CARD UNDER THE SWITCH PANEL. ALL CHECKED OK. AT THIS TIME ELECTED TO START THE ACFT WITH AUX CART, ACFT STARTED NORMAL. AT THIS TIME THE GENERATOR WAS SWITCHED TO THE ON POSITION AND ALL ACFT SYS OPERATED NORMALLY. RAN THE ACFT FOR 15 MIN TO CHARGE UP ACFT BATTERY, THEN SHUTDOWN AND RESTARTED THE ACFT IN NORMAL CONFIGURATION. ACFT STARTED FINE, RAN IT AGAIN FOR10 MIN THEN SHUTDOWN AND SIGNED OFF AS ALL SYS ARE NORMAL COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM.