Service difficulty report · Compressor · Urocop AS365N3

Difficulty date
August 6, 2014
Submitted
August 8, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N730TS
Make and model
Urocop AS365N3
Aircraft serial
S895
Aircraft time
5,858 hours
Engine
Allsn 250C20B
Engine time
5,811 hours, 6,368 cycles
Part
Compressor
Condition
Stalled
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
B

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

What was found

WHILE FLYING A DISTANCE OF 100NM, FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE CONTRACT FLIGHT I HAD TWO COMPRESSOR STALLS. THE FIRST HAPPENED AT A CONSTANT POWER SETTING OF 80% TORQUE, 1000' PA, CAVU WITH WINDS 150/10 KTS, A HEADWIND. HEARD A LOUD BANG FOLLOWED BY YAWING OF THE ACFT. LOWERED THE COLLECTIVE & THE STALL CLEARED, EASED POWER BACK IN TO 70% TORQUE, HAD FULL ENG POWER WITH NO STALL INDICATIONS & CONTINUED. WAS UNABLE TO CONFIRM WHICH ENG HAD THE COMPRESSOR STALL WITH THE INSTRUMENTS, BUT THE SOUND CAME FROM DIRECTLY BEHIND ME ON THE STARBOARD SIDE OF THE ACFT. THE SETTING STAYED AT 70% UNTIL LOWERING THE POWER FOR A NORMAL APPROACH INTO AIRPORT. UPON LOWERING THE COLLECTIVE ANOTHER STALL HAPPENED AT APPROX 50% TORGUE, SAME LOUD BANG FROM DIRECTLY BEHIND ME ON THE RT SIDE & YAWING OF THE ACFT. CONTINUED LOWERING THE COLLECTIVE & THE STALL AGAIN CLEARED. I WAS AT 500' PA & WAS LANDING WITH A QUARTERING HEADWIND. WAS ON PROFILE & CONTINUED TO AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING NEXT TO THE HANGAR. POST FLIGHT DID NOT REVEAL ANY INDICATION FOR THE COMPRESSOR STALLS. I NOTIFIED THE DO & ANC BASE MX PERSONNEL UPON LANDING. I HAVE WRITTEN THE EVENT UP IN THE MX LOG BOOK & THE ACFT IS AOG AWAITING MX PERSONNEL TO ARRIVE AT BASE. THOUGH UNABLE TO CONFIRM VIA INSTRUMENTS, I AM FAIRLY CERTAIN IT IS THE NR 2 ENG.

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