SDR 3732060207

Service difficulty report · Hydromech Unit · Urocop EC130B4

Difficulty date
June 2, 2007
Submitted
June 4, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N151AC
Make and model
Urocop EC130B4
Aircraft serial
3732
Aircraft time
1,609 hours
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL2B
Engine time
1,609 hours
Part
Hydromech Unit
Part number
02929858360
Part serial
341M
Condition
Uncontrollable
Location
Engine
Part time
1,609 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, J
Precautionary procedure
R, A

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

What was found

ON A LOCAL TRANSPORT FLT , THE AIRCRAFT LAUNCHED AT 0930 P.M. & FLT TO PICK UP THE PATIENT WAS UNEVENTFUL. THE HOSPITAL IS A 15 MIN. FLT. WITH THE PATIENT ON BOARD, (5 PAX TOTAL), AT 2000 FT. MSL IN CRUISE FLT AT 110 KTS & 3 OR 4 MINUTES INTO THE FLT, A LOUD JOLT WITH A YAW OF THE A/C WAS FELT. THE PILOT DETERMINED THERE WAS NOTHING DROPPED BY MED CREW. THE PILOT REQUESTED TO DIVERT TO THE AIRPORT. APC ASKED IF THERE WAS A PROBLEM & THE PILOT ADVISED THERE WAS A POSSIBLE PROBLEM. THE APT WAS ONLY 4-5 MILES TO THE S.W. THE PILOT DID NOT HAVE WARNING LIGHTS OR AURAL ALARMS. THE FLT PROCEEDED TO THE APT & PLANNED TO MAKE A SHALLOW LONG DESCENT TO THE APT. THE TWR ADVISED THAT HE COULD LAND IN THE RUN-UP AREA OF RW

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