N47HN

ATA 2397

Part: WIRE — CHAFED (AUDIO PANEL) · airframe 3,011 hrs · 8,534 cycles

DISCREPANCY REPORTED BY PILOT, "AFTER TAKEOFF, HAD A STRONG ODOR OF ELECTRICAL SMOKE AND HAD NO INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS. RETURNED TO THE PORTSMOUTH, OH BASE." INSPECTED SYSTEM AND FOUND A CHAFFED WIRE GOING TO PILOT'S AUDIO PANEL THAT HAD SHORTED AND POPPED THE PILOT ICS CIRCUIT BREAKER. REPAIRED WIRE AND PROTECTED AGAINST FUTURE DAMAGE. RESET PILOT ICS CIRCUIT BREAKER.

ATA 3497

Part: TERMINAL — BROKEN (K5 RELAY) · airframe 2,029 hrs · 5,688 cycles

THE PILOT REPORTED AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE WITH LOSS OF GPS1 , TRANSPONDER, AND HSI INDICATION. THE MECHANIC INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND FOUND A BROKEN WIRE THAT FEEDS THE K5 RELAY DIRECT BATTERY CIRCUIT. REPLACED THE BROKEN TERMINAL. SYSTEM OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD. AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY RETURNED TO SERVICE.

ATA 5320

Part: WEB — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 576 hrs · 1,645 cycles

DURING AMC EC130 B4 AAIP A1660 600 HR & 24 MONTH INSPECTION FOUND AN 85 MM CRACK AT THE RT SIDE FWD WEB OF CANOPY JUNCTION.

ATA 2913

Part: PUMP — SEIZED (HYDRAULIC SYS) · airframe 563 hrs · 1,597 cycles

THE PILOT REPORTED ON THE RETURN LEG OF A PATIENT TRANSPORT THAT SMOKE BEGAN TO FILL THE COCKPIT FROM AN UNKNOWN SOURCE. THE PILOT & MEDICAL CREW ON BOARD BEGAN OPENING WINDOWS & TURNING THE AIR CONDITIONING OFF. THE PILOT THEN NOTICED THE HYD & SERVO CAUTION LIGHTS ILLUMINATE. THIS WAS IMMEDIATELY IDENTIFIED AS A LOWER HYD SYS FAILURE, OR FAILURE OF THE BELT DRIVEN PUMP. THE DECISION WAS MADE TO PERFORM A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. THE LANDING WAS COMPLETED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. UPON THE POST FLIGHT INSPECTION, THE LOWER HYD PUMP WAS NOTED TO BE SEIZED & THE BELT WAS DESTROYED. THIS ACFT REMAINS OUT OF SERVICE AT THIS TIME PENDING PARTS AVAILABILITY.

ATA 5342

Part: ATTACH FITTING — CRACKED (TAILBOOM) · airframe 388 hrs · 1,091 cycles

DURING THE SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE AMC EC130B4 AAIP A 1040 300 HOUR - 12 MONTH AIRFRAME INSPECTION, FOUND RT LOWER HORIZONTAL STABILIZER ATTACH FITTING CRACKED. THIS AIRCRAFT REMAINS OUT OF SERVICE AT THE TIME OF THIS SUBMISSION AWAITING A MOBILE REPAIR TEAM FROM AEC TO REPLACE THIS RT ATTACHMENT FITTING.

ATA 2562

Part: ELT — MALFUNCTIONED (CARGO BAY) · airframe 231 hrs · 638 cycles

ELT ACTIVATED IN FLIGHT AND WOULD NOT RESET. IT ALSO ACTIVATED ON THE BENCH AFTER THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED AND RESET, DURING THE INSPECTION RECEIVED TWO DIFFERENT CODES, A G SWITCH LOOP OPEN FALURE AND NO NAVIGATION DATA PRESENT. THESE CODES WERE AT DIFFERENT PHASES OF THE INSPECTION.

ATA 2120

Part: EVAPORATOR — OVERHEATED · airframe 209 hrs · 579 cycles

ABNORMAL ODOR IN CABIN, POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL RELATED, FOUND ODOR IN THE NOSE OF THE ACFT AROUND THE FWD EVAPORATOR, FOUND TRIPPED CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR THE FWD EVAPORATOR. APPEARS IT WAS OVERHEATED "OHMD" OUT SEEMS TO BE INTERNALLY SHORTED.