# SDR 3732060207

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: June 2, 2007
- Submitted: June 4, 2007
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N151AC](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N151AC), registered now
- Make and model: Urocop EC 130 B4
- Registry model: [Urocop EC 130 B4](https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-ec-130-b4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 3732
- Aircraft time: 1,609 hours
- Engine: Tmeca ARRIEL2B
- Engine time: 1,609 hours
- System (JASC): [7321 · Fuel Control/Turbine Engines](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/7321)
- 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
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/3732060207

## Discrepancy

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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