<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1033583, June 2012

A B206 helicopter may have flown with the snow baffles installed during early summer months causing a temperature exceedence.

Attributes
ACN	1033583
Time
Date	201206
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Jet/Long Ranger/206
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	VFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Cowling
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 40 Flight Crew Total 3050
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural FAR

Narrative:

I flew this aircraft at night. I do not believe the OAT exceeded 86 degrees. To memory; I have only flown this aircraft at night which leads me to believe I did not violate the temperature exceedence for flying with snow baffles. I brought up the issue with base supervisors and was told they kept the snow baffles on to prevent bird strike or other FOD into the compressor.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B206 helicopter may have flown with the snow baffles installed during early summer months causing a temperature exceedence.

Narrative: I flew this aircraft at night. I do not believe the OAT exceeded 86 degrees. To memory; I have only flown this aircraft at night which leads me to believe I did not violate the temperature exceedence for flying with snow baffles. I brought up the issue with base supervisors and was told they kept the snow baffles on to prevent bird strike or other FOD into the compressor.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.