SDR 497

Service difficulty report · Transducer · Bell 430

Difficulty date
January 21, 2008
Submitted
January 23, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N430CT
Make and model
Bell 430
Aircraft serial
49089
Aircraft time
6,572 hours
Part
Transducer
Part number
222375077105
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Oil Pressure
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT TRANSMISSION OIL PRESSURE ON INTEGRATED INSTRUMENT DISPLAY SYSTEM (IIDS) DECREASING. MADE TURN TO COME BACK TO INTRACOASTAL CITY. EMERGENCY CHECKLIST PULLED OUT AND FOLLOWED. INDICATED PRESSURE WENT DOWN INTO THE RED. LANDING AREA FOUND, AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN MARSH AREA. ON SHORT FINAL, TRANSMISSION PRESSURE INDICATED 20 PSI, UPON LANDING, PRESSURE INDICATED 0 PSI. AIRCRAFT SHUTDOWN WITH NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT, EXCEEDANCES, OR INJURY TO PASSENGERS.

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