What was found
LOUD BANG ACCOMPANIED WITH A YAW AND ENGINE CHIP LIGHT. AIRCRAFT LANDED AND FOUND ENGINE TURBINE BLADES PENETRATED THE CASE.
- Difficulty date
- December 11, 2006
- Submitted
- December 14, 2006
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N302LE
- Make and model
- Bell 407
- Aircraft serial
- 53572
- Aircraft time
- 1,865 hours, 6,211 cycles
- Engine
- Allsn 250C47B
- Engine time
- 1,857 hours, 5,260 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 7250 · Turbine Section
- Part
- Turbine Blades
- Part number
- 23063354
- Part serial
- CAT44918
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Engine
- Part time
- 1,543 hours, 4,404 cycles
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- E
- Precautionary procedure
- B, A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.