SDR AC2A110424

Service difficulty report · Compressor · Bell 206L3

Difficulty date
July 21, 2006
Submitted
July 24, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N104LP
Make and model
Bell 206L3
Aircraft serial
51481
Aircraft time
10,395 hours
Engine
Allsn 250C30P
Engine time
11,526 hours
Part
Compressor
Part number
250C30CAC
Part serial
CAC90389
Condition
Stalled
Location
Engine
Part time
11,526 hours
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

HEARD A LOUD POP FOLLOWED BY YAWING AND FLUCTUATIONS IN INDICATED TORQUE. PILOT IMMEDIATELY LOWERED THE COLLECTIVE MAINTAINED AIRSPEED, AND CROSSCHECHECKED THE INSTRUMENTS.I PILOT INITIATED A TURN TO LAND BACK AT SP 58D. AFTER LANDING THE PASSENGERS GOT OUT TO PROCEED A VISUAL INSPECTION. THE PASSENGERS CONFIRMED THERE WAS NO APPARENT VISUAL PROBLEMS WITH THE EXTERIOR OF THE AIRCRAFT. I DECIDED TO TEST RUN THE AIRCRAFT OVER THE HELIPORT FOR AIRWORTHY STATUS. ALL ENGINE AND FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS INDICATED NORMAL AND THE AIRCRAFT HAD NO ADVERSE FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS. THE POLIT PROCEEDED TO CONTINUE FLIGHT TO SP 77C AND WD 109 AND BACK TO SP78B. THERE WERE NO OTHER ABNORMAL OCCURRENCES AFTER THAT INCIDENT.

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