What was found
FAILURE OF DRIVE BEARINGS AND DAMAGE TO INTERNAL FLYWEIGHTS AND HOUSING CAUSED HIGH END TURBINE RUNAWAY RESULTING IN ENGINE OVERSPEED.
- Difficulty date
- August 29, 1995
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N50054
- Make and model
- Bell 206B3
- Aircraft serial
- 2537
- Engine
- Allsn 250C20B
- System (JASC)
- 7321 · Fuel Control/Turbine Engines
- Part
- Fuel Control
- Part number
- 252464429
- Condition
- Failure
- Location
- Drive Bearing
- Part time
- 2,001 hours
- Stage of operation
- IN
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.