N209LF

Part: REINFORCEMENT — CRACKED (ZONE 100) · airframe 3,007 hrs · 10,255 cycles

CRACK DAMAGE WAS NOTED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CABIN FLOOR NEAR THE DOOR POST WITHIN THE AREA OF THE DOOR STRUT FITTING.

Part: STRUCTURE — CORRODED (CABIN ROOF) · airframe 3,007 hrs · 10,255 cycles

CORROSION AND DELAMINATION OF THE ALUMINUM GROUND PLANE OF THE CABIN ROOF (CANOPY)IN SEVERAL SPOTS

Part: FRAME — CRACKED (TAILBOOM) · airframe 3,007 hrs · 10,255 cycles

TAIL BOOM 3035 RING FRAME CRACKED AT 11:00 POSITION AT SKIN LAP.

Part: DOOR — CRACKED (MAIN CABIN) · airframe 3,007 hrs · 10,255 cycles

HINGED RIGHT HAND CABIN DOOR HAS A 9 INCH VERTICAL CRACK IN THE DOOR.

Part: BLOWER — ODOR (AC BAY) · airframe 2,917 hrs · 10,042 cycles

WHILE ON APPROACH TO HOSPITAL LANDING PAD, THE GENERATOR DISENGAGED. IT WAS RESET, AND THE SUBSEQUENT APPROACH AND LANDING WERE COMPLETED NORMALLY. THE CREW REPORTED AN ELECTRICAL ODOR AFTER LANDING. UPON INSPECTION, NO PROBLEMS WERE FOUND WITH ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OR GENERATOR, NOR COULD THE FAILURE BE DUPLICATED. WHILE CHECKING OUT ALL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, USED AT TIME OF INCIDENT, AIR CONDITIONING STEM WAS TURN ON AND SAME ODOR WAS OBSERVED FROM AFT BLOWER FAN. THE MECHANIC INSPECTED THE SYSTEM, AND DETERMINED THAT IT WAS OPERATING NORMALLY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE AT THIS TIME.

Part: UNKNOWN — ODOR (COCKPIT) · airframe 2,187 hrs · 7,378 cycles

SMELL OF AN UNIDENTIFIED BURNING ODOR IN COCKPIT.

Part: UNKNOWN — SMOKE (CABIN) · airframe 1,765 hrs · 5,922 cycles

DURING CRUISE FLIGHT A CREW MEMBER REPORTED SEEING SMOKE IN THE CABIN FWD OF THE STRETCHER WITH A STRANGE SMELL IN THE CABIN. THE PILOT DID NOT WITNESS THIS SMOKE, BUT RETURNED TO BASE FOLLOWING A DISCUSSION WITH THE MEDICAL CREW. ONCE ON THE GND, THE PILOT COMMUNICATED VERBALLY WITH THE MECHANIC & IT WAS DETERMINED THE MOST LIKELY CAUSE TO BE FROM AN ENG WASH THE PREVIOUS DAY. THEY PERFORMED MULTIPLE GND RUNS FOLLOWING THIS EVENT & COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE ORIGINAL DISCREPANCY REPORTED BY THE MEDICAL CREW. THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE AT THIS TIME.

Part: CONNECTOR — CONTAMINATED (OIL COOLER)

FLIGHT ABORTED DUE TO NOISE COMING FROM OIL COOLER FAN. DETERMINED WATER WAS PRESENT IN THE CONNECTOR.

Part: ATTACH FITTING — CRACKED (TAILBOOM) · airframe 1,537 hrs · 5,192 cycles

ON A POST FLIGHT INSPECTION, FOUND THE UPPER LT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER ATTACH FITTING CRACKED. REMOVED THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER & FOUND THAT THE FITTING HAD COMPLETELY CRACKED INTO TWO SEPARATE PIECES. THE CRACK APPEARED TO PROPAGATE FROM THE TWO BOLTS THAT ATTACH THE FITTING WITH ONE OF THE BOLTS HEADS SHEARED. THIS FITTING MUST BE REPLACED. THIS AIRCRAFT CURRENTLY REMAINS OUT OF SERVICE AT THE TIME OF THIS SUBMISSION AWAITING A REPAIR TEAM.

Part: ATTACH FITTING — CRACKED (CANOPY) · airframe 1,501 hrs · 5,104 cycles

CRACK FOUND ON RT SIDE CANOPY FRAME ATTACHMENT WEB PANEL FWD ON BELLY OF ACFT DURING AN EC130 AAIP A0560 100HOUR, 12MONTH AIRFRAME INSPECTION

Part: AUDIO PANEL — FAILED · airframe 1,122 hrs · 3,828 cycles

PILOT WAS GOING INTO A HOVER DETECTED SOMETHING BURNING, AT THE SAME TIME LOST ALL RADIO AND ICS COMMUNICATIONS. PILOT PUT THE ACFT BACK DOWN AND NOTICED HIS PILOT ICS CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. AFTER EXTENSIVE TROUBLESHOOTING, MX AOG ORDERED A 2 AMP CIRCUIT BREAKER (SOURCE OF BURNING SMELL) AND REPLACEMENT AUDIO PANEL (CAUSE OF CIRCUIT BREAKER FAILURE). PARTS WERE INSTALLED AND ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE AFTER A SUCCESSFUL OPS CHECK.

Part: ATTACH FITTING — BROKEN (TAIL BOOM) · airframe 591 hrs · 1,970 cycles

DURING AN INSPECTION, HORIZONTAL STAB WAS REQUIRED TO BE REMOVED. UPON REMOVAL, THE UPPER LT MOUNT FITTING WAS FOUND BROKEN COMPLETELY IN HALF. AN EDDY CURRENT INSPECTION OF THE AREA RESULTED IN THE DISCOVERY OF THE UPPER RT FITTING BEING CRACKED ALSO.