What was found
DURING LEVEL FORWARD FLIGHT, A SPRING INSIDE THE PT GOVERNOR FAILED, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO GO TO IDLE. AN AUTOROTATION WAS REQUIRED AND WAS DONE SO INTO A SOFT PLOWED FIELD. THE HELICOPTER TURNED OVER AFTER SKIDDING A SHORT DISTANCE.
- Difficulty date
- April 24, 2007
- Submitted
- June 8, 2009
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N11AS
- Make and model
- Hughes 369D
- Aircraft serial
- 790541D
- Aircraft time
- 23,451 hours
- Engine
- Allsn 250C20B
- Engine time
- 7,640 hours, 6,477 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 7323 · Turbine Governor
- Part
- Spring
- Condition
- Defective
- Location
- Pt Governor
- Component
- Pt Governor · Honeywell · 23065121
- Component part number
- 252476914
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- R, J
- Precautionary procedure
- B, A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.