# SDR 96ZZZX4705

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: August 20, 1996
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: N60EG
- Make and model: Bolkms BO105C
- Aircraft serial: S556
- System (JASC): [6320 · Main Rotor Gearbox](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/6320)
- Part: Chafe Tape
- Part number: 4638001004
- Condition: Detached
- Location: M/R Xmsn
- Part time: 158 hours
- Stage of operation: CR
- Nature of condition: F, J
- Precautionary procedure: A
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96ZZZX4705

## Discrepancy

DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, ACFT EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN RIGHT YAW, A RAPID RISE IN TURBINE OUTLET TEMPERATURE (TOT), AND A TORQUE REDUCTION IN THE NR 1 ENGINE.  REDUCING THE POWER LEVER TO IDLE ARRESTED THE RISE IN TOT AND AN UNEVENTFUL EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE.  NO LIMITS WERE EXCEEDED.  INSPECTION DETERMINED THE NR 1 ENGINE AIR INLET WAS 25 TO 50 PERCENT BLOCKED BY AN 11 INCH BY 3 INCH PIECE OF ANTI-CHAFE TAPE.  THE MANUFACTURER INSTALLED TAPE  HAD COME LOOSE FROM THE TRANSMISSION BY THE INLET DEFLECTOR SHIELD HOUSING AND WAS ALMOST INGESTED INTO THE COMPRESSOR.  RECOMMEND CLOSELY CHECKING THE ANTI-CHAFE TAPE DURING THE DAILY, PRE-FLIGHT, AND 50-HOUR INSPECTIONS.

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