- Difficulty date
- May 2, 2003
- Submitted
- August 18, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Snias AS350B2
- Aircraft serial
- 2904
- Aircraft time
- 3,246 hours, 10,193 cycles
- Engine
- Tmeca ARRIEL1D1
- Engine time
- 3,147 hours, 9,749 cycles
- Part
- Bleed Valve
- Part number
- 9550164960
- Part serial
- 393
- Condition
- Defective
- Location
- Engine
- Part time
- 3,147 hours
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.
What was found
BLEED VALVE OPENING AT 71 PERCENT NG.