Service difficulty report · Transducer · Bell 407

Difficulty date
December 15, 2002
Submitted
February 4, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N405AL
Make and model
Bell 407
Aircraft serial
53480
Engine
Allsn 250C47B
Part
Transducer
Part number
222375077119
Part serial
59698418
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Eng Torque
Part time
694 hours
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON TAKEOFF, PILOT NOTICED TORQUE EXCEEDED THE LIMIT WITH LOW POWER SETTINGS, HE RETURNED TO FREEPORT. THE MECHANIC CHECK THE ECU WITH MAINTENANCE TERMINAL. NO FAULTS WERE RECORDED, CHANGED THE TORQUE TRANSDUCER AND AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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