Service difficulty report · Turbine · Hughes 369D

Difficulty date
June 2, 2009
Submitted
June 8, 2009
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N8356F
Make and model
Hughes 369D
Aircraft serial
1260063D
Aircraft time
10,518 hours
Engine
Allsn 250C20B
Engine time
22,968 hours, 10,368 cycles
Part
Turbine
Part number
23069745
Part serial
CAT36781
Condition
Seized
Location
Engine
Part time
9,767 hours, 9,441 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
Y, J
Precautionary procedure
A, B

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

What was found

DURING EXTERNAL LOAD OPERATIONS AT A HOVER, THE ENGINE STOPPED SUDDENLY CAUSING THE PILOT TO AUTO ROTATE FROM APPROX 80 FEET AGL. THE PROBABLE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE STOPPAGE IS A MALFUNCTION IN THE TURBINE MODULE. RECENT OCCURRENCE, NO PRELIMINARY REPORT PUBLISHED.