Service difficulty report · Turbine Wheel · Hughes 369E

Difficulty date
May 13, 2021
Submitted
May 13, 2021
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N454JH
Make and model
Hughes 369E
Aircraft serial
0454E
Aircraft time
17,921 hours, 22,030 cycles
Engine
Allsn 250C20B
Engine time
24,983 hours, 7,761 cycles
Part
Turbine Wheel
Part number
M25010223
Part serial
X6277340
Condition
Binding
Location
Engine
Part time
1,198 hours, 1,271 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
B
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

DURING MAINTENANCE THE MECHANICS DETERMINED THE FIRST STAGE TURBINE BLADES WERE RUBBING ON THE NOZZLE.ASSEMBLY REMOVED FROM ENGINE

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