N202AE

ATA 3350

Part: ATTACH FITTING — IMPROPER PART (REAR MAP LIGHT) · airframe 3,027 hrs · 8,736 cycles

DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, MEDICAL CREW REPORTED A BURNING ELEC TYPE SMELL IN THE REAR CABIN. THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY ABORTED THE FLIGHT & RETURNED TO THEIR BASE APPROX 4 MINUTES AWAY. NO MECHANICAL ANOMALIES WERE NOTED & EVERYTHING ELSE WAS NORMAL THE REMAINDER OF THE FLIGHT BACK TO BASE. ONCE ON THE GND, THE MECHANIC ARRIVED TO TROUBLE SHOT & FOUND THE AFT RT OVERHEAD CABIN MAP LIGHT HAD AN AHLERS NVIS FILTER ATTACHED TO THE LIGHT ASSEMBLY WITH WHAT APPEARED TO BE THE WRONG TYPE OF SILICONE ATTACHING THE FILTER TO THE LENS & IT WAS IN BETWEEN THE FILTER & THE LIGHT LENS AROUND THE SIDES INSTEAD OF JUST BEING ON THE OUTSIDE EDGE OF THE FILTER & LIGHT LENS. WHEN LEFT ON FOR OVER A MINUTE IT GETS VERY HOT & THE SILICONE WAS MAKING THE BURNING SMELL. THESE LIGHTS GET VERY HOT & THIS ACFT DOES NOT HAVE ANY OTHER INTERIOR LIGHTING TO SEE THE PATIENT AT NIGHT. REMOVED THE OLD SILICONE & CLEANED THE LIGHT LENS & FILTER. INSTALLED THE CORRECT SILICONE AROUND THE OUTSIDE EDGES & RE-INSTALLED IAW SR09518RC & CURRENT ICA AAI, E99-90, COCKPIT INFRARED FILTER SYS.

ATA 2120

Part: UNKNOWN — SMOKE (CABIN) · airframe 2,855 hrs · 8,179 cycles

AT CRUISE FLIGHT, THE PILOT TURNED ON THE CABIN HEAT & APPROX 3 MINUTES LATER, THE MEDICAL CREW NOTICED SMOKE FILLING UP THE CABIN AS WELL AS NOXIOUS FUMES. THE CABIN HEAT WAS TURNED OFF & THE WINDOWS WERE OPENED TO VENT THE CABIN. THE FLIGHT WAS ABORTED & THE ACFT RETURNED TO BASE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. ONCE ON THE GND, THE MECHANIC ARRIVED TO INSPECT THE ACFT HEATING SYS. AFTER NO OBVIOUS DEFECTS WERE FOUND, A 20 MINUTE GND RUN WAS COMPLETED. THE SMOKE & FUMES COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED & THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE AT THAT TIME.

ATA 6710

Part: COLLECTIVE STICK — FAILED (COCKPIT/PILOT) · airframe 2,281 hrs · 6,318 cycles

144 MONTH INSPECTION IAW AMM 05-24-00. A HARDNESS TEST WAS PERFORMED; THE COLLECTIVE FLIGHT CONTROL FAILED THE HARDNESS TEST AND THE COLLECTIVE FLIGHT CONTROL IS DEEMED AS "NOT AIRWORTHY".

ATA 7700

Part: INDICATOR — DAMAGED (NG) · airframe 1,887 hrs · 5,081 cycles

NG INDICATOR DIGITAL READOUT IS DIFFICULT TO READ IN DAYLIGHT CONDITIONS.

ATA 2612

Part: FIRE DETECTOR — DIRTY (NACELLE) · airframe 1,759 hrs

FIRE DETECTOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED AFTER ENGINE START. ACFT ENGINE SHUTDOWN AND FLIGHT ABORTED. TECH CLEANED DETECTOR AND OPS CHECK GOOD. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

ATA 2120

Part: UNKNOWN — ODOR (COCKPIT) · airframe 1,739 hrs

PILOT AND CREW NOTICED A BRIEF ODOR, POSSIBLE SMOKE, DURING TAKEOFF. RETURNED TO BASE AND SHUT DOWN. TECH PERFORMED COMPLETE CHECK OF ACFT AND SYS. FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF OVERHEATING. PILOT CONDUCTED A 45 MINUTE GROUND RUN AND 30 MINUTE CHECK FLIGHT WITH NO DISCREPENCY NOTED. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

ATA 2140

Part: FILTER — OVERSERVICED (ENGINE AIR) · airframe 1,310 hrs · 3,037 cycles

THE ENGINE AIR FILTER IS A OIL COATED AIR FILTER. A NEW ENG AIR FILTER WAS OILED AND INSTALLED PREVIOUSLY THAT DAY. THE ACFT RECEIVED A REQUEST AND TOOK OFF. THE PILOT SELECTED HEAT AND NOTICED SMOKE COMING OUT THE HEAT AND DEFROST VENTS. THEY TURNED AROUND AND RETURNED TO BASE. THE EXCESS OIL WAS CLEANED OUT OF THE ENGINE AIR FILTER, RUN PERFORMED AND NO FURTHER SMOKE NOTICED.

ATA 7261

Part: OIL TUBE — CRACKED (NR 1 ENG PRESS)

AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED HEAVY OIL LOSS ON NR 1 ENGINE 40 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF WHICH RESULTED IN NR 1 ENGINE IFSD AND ACFT AIR TURN BACK. UPON ACFT ARRIVAL, BEY GROUND INVESTIGATION REVEALED CRACKED NR 1 ENGINE DELTA PRESSURE SWITCH OIL TUBE. ITEM 150 REF: IPC 79 - 31 - 02 - 01, PAGE 1, NO EVIDENCE OF CHAFING OR INTERFERING. PIPE ASSY REPLACED AND ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.