Service difficulty report · Governor · Hughes 369E

Difficulty date
July 20, 2010
Submitted
December 1, 2010
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N505MP
Make and model
Hughes 369E
Aircraft serial
0558E
Aircraft time
7,793 hours
Engine
Allsn 250C20
Engine time
13,167 hours, 12,362 cycles
Part
Governor
Part number
252466715
Part serial
24606
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Turbine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
H, A

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

What was found

THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) REPORTED THAT WHILE INCREASING POWER IN A LEVEL FLIGHT ATTITUDE, THAT THE NR (MAIN ROTOR SPEED, RPM) AND THE N2 (ENGINE POWER TURBINE SPEED, RPM) INCREASED ABOVE 110 PERCENT N2. AN INITIAL ATTEMPT TO LOWER THE NR/N2 RPM WITH THE N2 BEEP/ TRIM SWITCH WAS UNRESPONSIVE. THE PIC IMMEDIATELY ROLLED THE THROTTLE BACK SLIGHTLY AND THE NR/N2 RESPONDED ACCORDINGLY. DURING THE OVERSPEED, THE PIC EXPERIENCE A SUDDEN RT YAW MOVEMENT OF THE HELICOPTER. THE PIC DID NOT NOTE WHAT THE ENGINE TOT (TURBINE OUTLET TEMPERATURE) READING WAS AND THERE WAS NO EXCEEDANCE RECORDED ON THE TOT INSTRUMENT. THE ENGINE TORQUE GAUGE REGISTERED AN EXCEEDANCE OF 99.6 PSI. THE POWER TURBINE GOVERNOR, PN: 23065123, SN: 24606, WAS REMOVED. NO SUBSEQUENT PROBLEMS WERE NOTED WHILE PERFORMING FUNCTIONAL FLIGHT TESTING WITH THE REPLACED GOVERNOR IAW MM 72-00-00, FIGURE 17. THE ENGINE WAS REMOVED AND SENT TO A MX CTR FOR COMPLETE INSPECTION.

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