Service difficulty report · Hmu · Urocop EC130B4

Difficulty date
March 18, 2006
Submitted
April 17, 2006
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N11QF
Make and model
Urocop EC130B4
Aircraft serial
3482
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL2B
Part
Hmu
Part number
0292858570
Part serial
346B
Condition
Unknown
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

PRECAUTIONARY LANDING DUE TO BANG HEARD IN FLIGHT BY PILOT. NORMAL LANDING ACCOMPLISHED W/O ACCIDENT, OR INJURIES. AC LANDED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. UPON LANDING, GOVERNOR WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATIVE TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED VEMD TO DISPLAY A CODE (192) HMU FAULT, INDICATING A FAILURE OF EBCAU STEPPER MOTOR. VISUALLY INSPECTED ENG ASSY AND SURGE BLEED VALVE ASSY. NO DEFECTS NOTED, HMU AND EBCAU UNITS WERE REPLACED WITH SERVICABLE UNITS. GROUND AND FLIGHT TESTS PROVED GOOD WITH NO INDICATED ERROR CODES. AC TEST FLOWN BACK TO MAINTENANCE BASE WITH NO FURTHER PROBLEMS NOTED. DETERMINED THE INITIAL BANG HEAR IN FLIGHT WAS MOST LIKELY A COMPRESSOR STALL DUE TO THE MALFUNCTION HMU. (K)

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