# Incident 20130118002179I: Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter 369E, Lawrenceville, GA, January 18, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 2013, 10:24 local time
- Place: Lawrenceville, GA
- Airport: Klzu
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: 110A
- Location: 33.9529° N, 83.9922° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lawrenceville, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9529&lon=-83.9922&mi=10
- Aircraft: N507TV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N507TV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter 369E (registry code 3027369, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-helicopter-369e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20 series (registry code 03020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MCDONNELL DOUGLAS HELICOPTER 369E
- Reported engine: ALLISON 250-C20 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,268 total, 27 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130118002179I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, THE PILOT NOTICED TORQUE FLUCTUATIONS. AT APPROX. 20 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT,THE PILOT NOTICED INCREASED N2 FLUCTUATIONS. AT THIS POINT THE PILOT DIVERTED TO THE CLOSEST AIRPORT, KLZU. APPROX. 2MILES FROM THE AIRPORT THE FUEL FILTER BYPASS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, A CONDITION THAT REQUIRES THE PILOT TO LAND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE LANDING WAS MADE WITHOUT THE NEED OF FIRE TRUCKS OR EMERGENCY VEHICLES. AN EVALUATION OF THE FUEL SYSTEM REVEALED A  DAMAGED LINE FROM THE SENDING UNIT TO THE FUEL FILTER.

THE LINE WAS REPLACED, A GROUND RUN WAS CONDUCTED AND THE FLIGHT WAS RESUMED FOLLOWING A FORTY MINUTE TEST FLIGHT.

A SDR HAS BEEN FILED BY THE DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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