Service difficulty report · Turbine Wheel · Bell 407

Difficulty date
September 22, 2000
Submitted
November 8, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N905MC
Make and model
Bell 407
Aircraft serial
53214
Engine
Allsn 250C47B
Part
Turbine Wheel
Condition
Damaged
Location
Nr 1
Part time
2,242 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DURING APPROACH TO LAND, PILOT EXPERIENCED A LOUD CONTINUOUS NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. ALL ENGINE INSTRUMENTS WERE NORMAL. ENGINE WAS INSPECTED BY MAINT, NO OBVIOUS MALFUNCTIONS WERE NOTED. DURING ENGINE RUN-UP TO ISOLATE ENGINE NOISE, THE ENGINE CHIP DETECTOR CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CHROME SLIVERS WERE FOUND ON BOTTOM PLUG. TEAR-DOWN INSPECTION, FOUND NR 1 TURBINE WHEEL BLADE MISSING AND OTHER BLADES DAMAGED. (X)

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