N7UC

ATA 2120

Part: PROBE — LEAKING (FUEL QTY) · airframe 7,214 hrs · 23,056 cycles

CREW STATES HEAVY FUEL ODOR IN AFT CABIN GOT WORSE IN FLIGHT. AIRCRAFT CURRENTLY OOS FOR REPAIRS. UPON INSPECTION FOUND LT LOWER FUEL QUANTITY PROBE NOT SEATED PROPERLY. REPLACED PROBE.

ATA 2820

Part: VENT — OBSTRUCTED (COCKPIT) · airframe 7,168 hrs · 22,910 cycles

FLIGHT LEG RETURNING TO BASE FROM PATIENT DROP OFF THE CREW MEMBER IN THE BACK SAID THEY COULD SMELL FUEL. I COULD NOT AND HE STATED THAT HE HAD THE WINDOW OPEN. WHEN I ASKED HIM TO CLOSE THE WINDOW I COULD THEN SMELL THE FUEL UP IN FRONT OF THE CABIN. REMOVED OBSTRUCTION FROM FUEL VENT.

ATA 2810

Part: BLADDER — DETERIORATED (LT FUEL CELL) · airframe 6,610 hrs · 21,111 cycles

SLIGHT ODOR OF FUEL SMELL REPORTED IN FLIGHT

ATA 2400

Part: OUTLET — FAULTED (INTERNAL FAILURE) · airframe 6,465 hrs

WHILE ENROUTE TO A SCENE CALL I AND THE NURSE, BOTH SITTING IN FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT, NOTICED A PLASTIC/BURNING SMELL. WHEN WE ASKED MEDIC SITTING IN REAR OF AIRCRAFT IF HE SMELLED OR SAW ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY HE SAID THAT ONE OF THE THREE MEDICAL A/C ELECTRICAL OUTLETS WAS PRODUCING A DARK GRAY SMOKE. I CONFIRMED SMOKE AND ORIGIN AND TURNED AIRCRAFT TOWARD BOULDER CITY AIRPORT WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY 6 NM AWAY AND PREPARED TO LAND IMMEDIATELY IF NEEDED. AIRCOM WAS ALSO ADVISED OF OUR DIVERSION. AT THIS POINT THE GFI FOR THE OUTLET POPPED AND THE SMOKE AND SMELL CEASED. I THEN HAD THE INVERTER CUT OFF SWITCHED TO THE MEDICAL OUTLET PANEL ACTIVATED. NO MORE SMOKE WAS OBSERVED, AND WE LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AT BOULDER CITY AIRPORT. AFTER EXITING AIRCRAFT AND VERIFYING THERE WAS NO NEED TO ACTIVATE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, ALL APPROPRIATE PERSONS WERE NOTIFIED.

ATA 5300

Part: ANGLE — CRACKED (STA 1815) · airframe 6,202 hrs · 19,772 cycles

ON 9-17-2021 VICCA-5002 11088 N7UC CENTRAL FUSELAGE CRACK L/H SIDE ACFT TT 6202+04 WHILE PERFORMING THE 06-5300-EO-3328 A109-INSP OF CENTRAL FUSELAGE FRAME ASSY AT STA 1815, I DISCOVERED A CRACK ON THE INBOARD L/H SIDE, PICS HAVE BEEN SENT OUT. THIS CRACK GOES IN BOTH DIRECTIONS 180 DEGREES FROM A RIVET. THERE IS NOT ENOUGH MATERIAL REMAINING TO STOP DRILL IT ON ONE SIDE OF THE RIVET AND THE CRACK GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE EDGE OF THIS INNER FWD ANGLE.

ATA 3397

Part: CONNECTOR — LOOSE (CABIN LIGHT) · airframe 6,149 hrs · 19,572 cycles

LOOSE CONNECTIONS ON BACK LEFT CABIN MEDICAL LIGHT CAUSED FAILURE TO LIGHT. ELECTRICAL SMELL WAS REPORTED IN CABIN, SOURCE FOUND AND FIXED BY REPLACING POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE TERMINALS ON BACK LEFT CABIN MEDICAL LIGHT.

ATA 5312

Part: BULKHEAD — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 6,115 hrs · 19,501 cycles

DURING HEAVY MAINTENANCE, CRACKS WERE FOUND ON 2 BULKHEADS. LOCATION IS APPROXIMATELY F.S. 3525, ROUGHLY LOCATED ON THE BULKHEADS BENEATH THE AFT TRANSMISSION SUSPENSION BAR ATTACHMENTS. THE TWO CRACKED BULKHEADS ARE ORIGINAL VERSIONS OF THE FOLLOWING P/N'S; 109-0390-24-133 REV.B1, 109-0330-51-103M01, 109-0390-24-109 REV.B1. THERE IS A REPAIR THAT HAS BEEN CREATED SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS KNOWN CRACKING LOCATION;ASRP-3C-A-53-36-02-01A-664A-D UPPER BULKHEAD AT STA 3525- SPECIAL REPAIR PROCEDURE.

ATA 6400

Part: ACTUATOR — UNSERVICEABLE (TAIL ROTOR) · airframe 5,853 hrs · 18,774 cycles

UNCOMMANDED YAW INPUTS DURING FLIGHT.

ATA 3230

Part: LANDING GEAR — MALFUNCTIONED (LEFT) · airframe 5,747 hrs · 1,832 cycles

ON APPROACH, THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR FAILED TO FULLY EXTEND AND LOCK DOWN. USED EMERGENCY DOWN AND AT THAT TIME THE LEFT DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION ILLUMINATED.

ATA 5310

Part: SUPPORT FRAME — CRACKED (DOOR FRAME) · airframe 5,546 hrs · 17,562 cycles

THE PILOTS AFT DOOR POST IS CRACKED AT JUNCTION WHERE THE POST ATTACHES TO THE FLOOR. THE CRACK STARTS ON THE INSIDE AND REACHES AROUND TO THE FRONT SIDE OF THE POST.

ATA 2297

Part: BONDING STRAP — BROKEN (AVIONICS BAY) · airframe 2,587 hrs · 9,019 cycles

DURING AN AIRFRAME INSPECTION, FOUND 4 BONDING STRAPS THAT GROUND THE HELIPILOT COMPUTERS TO THE AIRFRAME BROKEN. THESE BONDING STRAPS ARE INSTALLED UNDER BT 109EP-51 DATED 2-9-2005 THESE STRAPS ARE THE GROUNDING POINTS FOR THE HELIPILOT SYSTEM. IT IS AN ON GOING PROBLEM WITH THESE BREAKING. THEY SHOULD BE A BONDING BRAID INSTEAD OF A SHEETMETAL STRAP. WE HAVE ADDRESSED THIS ISSUE WITH MFG AND NOTHING HAS CHANGED.

ATA 7120

Part: BRACKET — CRACKED (LT ENGINE)

NR 1 ENGINE LT OB FORWARD ENGINE SUPPORT BRACKET FOUND CANCELLED DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. PART IS VISABLE AFTER INSPECTION PANEL IS REMOVED INSIDE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. PANEL NR 109-0322-10-527.