N983HA

ROBINSON HELICOPTER COMPANY R44 II Minor injury Part 137 — operator not named in the NTSB record

ATA 3260

Part: SENSOR — OUT OF ADJUST (WOW) · airframe 14,634 hrs · 15,610 cycles

WOW CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED AT 400 FEET WITH GEAR UP. LEFT O/B WOW SENSOR GAP TO LARGE, RE-ADJUSTED SENSOR. MORE TO FOLLOW.

ATA 2121

Part: COOLING FAN — BURNED (E/E BAY) · airframe 13,895 hrs · 15,294 cycles

COCKPIT FILLED WITH ELECTRICAL SMOKE IN FLIGHT DECLARED EMERGENCY AND LANDED LGA. INSP'D COAT CLOSET RELAYS, ALSO AVIONICS COMP. INVERTERS, BEHIND INST PANEL, GROUND RAN BOTH ENG'S OPERATED SYSTEMS, ACCOMPLISHED AVIONICS SELF TEST OF ADC. RAN BOTH ENGINES FOR 30 MINUTES, FOUND DSPLY COOLING FAN IS SEIZED UP. NO DAMAGE FOUND IN IMMEDIATE AREA MEL COOLING FAN.

ATA 2420

Part: GENERATOR — FAILED (NR 1 ENGINE) · airframe 10,401 hrs · 11,398 cycles

TAKE-OFF ABORTED DUE TO NR 1 AC GENERATOR CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATING. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 1 AC GENERATOR.

ATA 2100

Part: APU — FOULED (TAIL) · airframe 9,686 hrs · 10,628 cycles

After take off and selecting bleeds on, the FO and FA reported smelling an odor followed by the lavatory smoke detector sounding. Selected bleeds off, the odor went away and the smoke detector extinguished. Inspected aircraft bleed system, ran aircraft for 15 minutes with bleeds on. Ran duct temp up above 65 degrees for 15 minutes. No odor noticed or smoke detector went off. Suspect oil in bleed ducts due to previous work on APU.

ATA 2611

Part: SMOKE DETECTOR — DEFECTIVE (LAVATORY) · airframe 8,877 hrs · 9,828 cycles

LAV SMOKE DETECTOR GOES OFF CONTINUOULSY IN FLIGHT. REPLACED LAVE SMOKE DETECTOR, OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD.

ATA 2215

Part: SERVO — DEFECTIVE (AUTOPILOT) · airframe 8,589 hrs · 9,517 cycles

ON APPROACH INTO CLT DURING THE FLARE ELEVATOR CONTROL WAS EXTREMELY HEAVY AND FELT LIKE THERE WAS NO AIR LOAD ON IT. THIS PRODUCED AN OVER CONTROL OF THE PITCH ATTITUEUDE AND AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO OSCILLATE DURING THE FLARE ALMOST TO THE POINT OF UNCONTROLLABILTY. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE ELEVATOR AUTOPILOT SERVO BINDING CAUSING ELEVATOR CONTROL SYSTEM BINDING. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE ELEVATOR SERVO. EVALUATION FLIGHT SATISFACTORY.

ATA 2611

Part: SMOKE DETECTOR — FALSE ACTIVATION (LAVATORY) · airframe 6,960 hrs · 7,914 cycles

LAV SMOKE DETECTOR SOUNDED IN FLIGHT. MECHANIC IN TPA PERFORMED AN OPERATIONAL CHECK OF THE SMOKE DETECTOR, OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD.

ATA 2611

Part: CONNECTOR — DIRTY (SMOKE DETECTOR) · airframe 5,962 hrs · 6,838 cycles

SMOKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT 3 TIMES FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 SECONDS EACH TIME. CLEANED AND RESEATED CONNECTOR ON SMOKE DETECTOR.

ATA 2611

Part: SMOKE DETECTOR — DEFECTIVE (CARGO BAY) · airframe 5,003 hrs · 5,712 cycles

NR 1 BAG BAY SMOKE DETECTOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT. REPLACED NR 1 BAG BAY SMOKE DETECTOR.

ATA 2611

Part: SMOKE DETECTOR — MALFUNCTIONED (BAGGAGE COMPT)

SMOKE WARNING ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT FOR APPROX 10 SECONDS. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 2 SMOKE DETECTOR FOR T/S NR 1 AND NR 2 SMOKE DETECTOR TEST GOOD. ADDITIONAL INFO, CREW CONFIRMED NO SMOKE IN BAG COMPARTMENT.