Service difficulty report · Adapter · Bell 407

Difficulty date
June 20, 2019
Submitted
June 21, 2019
Operation
General aviation
Filed by
BHHR447C
Summit Helicopters Inc
Aircraft
N407TN
Make and model
Bell 407
Aircraft serial
53836
Aircraft time
2,062 hours, 6,672 cycles
Engine
Allsn 250C47B
Engine time
2,058 hours, 2,696 cycles
Part
Adapter
Part number
M25010684
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Zone 400
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

FADEC DEGRADED AND FADEC FAULT LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN-FLIGHT. DISCONNECTED FOST ADAPTER LOCATED IN ENGINE HARNESS AT (P3) AND VISUALLY INSPECTED FOR CORROSION. NO OBVIOUS DEFECTS WERE NOTED. WE CLEANED ALL THE CONTACTS OF HARNESS AT (P3). WE APPLIED ACF-50 TO PINS AND SOCKETS OF MAIN ENGINE, FOST ADAPTER, AND FIREWALL BULKHEAD CONNECTOR. REINSTALLED FOST ADAPTER, THEN CLEARED FADEC FAULT CODES. RESET FADEC AS PER FLIGHT MANUAL. NORMAL START WAS PERFORMED AND FAULTS WERE CLEARED. THE FOST ADAPTER WAS ORIGINALLY INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ENGINE BULLETIN M250 CEB A-73-6059. DETERMINED ORIGINAL FAULT WAS A FALSE INDICATION.

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