Service difficulty report · Turbine Wheel · Aerosp AS365N2

Difficulty date
January 11, 2007
Submitted
January 23, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N520CF
Make and model
Aerosp AS365N2
Aircraft serial
6537
Aircraft time
1,255 hours, 6,762 cycles
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL2B
Engine time
1,241 hours, 2,795 cycles
Part
Turbine Wheel
Condition
Damaged
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

DURING MAINTENANCE GROUND RUNS, STARTED NR 1 ENGINE AND NR 2 ENGINES TO PERFORM REQUIRED MAINTENANCE CHECKS AFTER INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT AND ENGINES. SHUTDOWN ENGINES TO MAKE TAILROTOR BLADE WEIGHT CHANGE. ATTEMPTED TO START NR 1 ENGINE AND IT WOULD NOT TURN. ATTEMPTED TO MANUALLY ROTATE COMPRESSOR AND COULD NOT. REMOVED STARTER/GENERATOR AND ATTEMPTED TO TURN COMPRESSOR. STILL WOULD NOT TURN. AFTER ENGINE COOLED DOWN, WAS ABLE TO TURN COMPRESSOR BY HAND AND HEARD TURBINE RUB. HP TURBINE DISK IS RUBBING. CHANGING MODULE 2 AND 3 OF EFFECTED ENGINE. PILOT REPORTED NO ABNOMALIES DURING FIRST RUN OF NR 1 ENGINE.

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